No. 16 Nobel Prize and Karolinska Institutet

Life in Sweden

No. 16 Nobel Prize and Karolinska Institutet

2000/10/10

Today, there was a good news for us; Dr. Hideki Shirakawa won Nobel Prize in chemistry. He received Nobel Prize for finding a plastic which conducts electricity, together with two American scientists. (The entire awards for them is one million US$!) He was born in 1936 and graduated Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. He went to USA in 1947, however he already started his work with this topic already before his departure. Currently, he is a professor emeritus in Tsukuba University, Ibaraki, Japan.

But here in Sweden, yesterday's announce for Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology was a real great news; Dr. Arvid Carlsson, professor emeritus in G嗾eborg University won the prize for finding dopamine.

Actually, Nobel Committee in Karolinska Innstitutet decides to whom the prize should be given. Many professors in Karolinska Institutet are the member of the committee. They let the top scientists all over the world lift or let down in this season.

It is always hard to predict who will win Nobel Prize. However, the great thing with Nobel Prize is that the Committee choose right persons in right way. This may be the reason why Nobel Prize has kept high profile for long years.

The press release of Nobel Prize can be seen at the following website.

http://www.nobel.se

I will present some relevant pictures.

Main entrance of the Solna Campus of Karolinska Institutet.

Solna campus has nice historic atmosphere.

Nobel Forum, just inside the gate of main entrance.

The stature of Alfred Nobel is placed in front of Nobel Forum.

Konserthuset, the Concert Hall, where the ceremony is held on December 10th.

Stadhuset, the City Hall, where the party is held after the ceremony. You can try the same dinner as the party at the restaurant beneath the City Hall! (approx. 100 US$ per person, booking essential)

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