Nobel Prize Laureates (2018)

The 2018 Nobel Laureates will be announced this week, and next week. The award ceremony is on December 10th.

Physiology or Medicine
Awarded to James P. Allison (1/2), from USA, & Tasuku Honjo (1/2), from Japan, for "their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation. "

• Interview
• James P. Allison
• Tasuku Honjo
• About their work
• Lecture
• James P. Allison
• Tasuku Honjo

The Prize is awarded by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute.

Physics
Awarded to Arthur Ashkin (1/2), from USA, for "for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems" and Gérard Mourou (1/4), from France, & Donna Strickland (1/4), from Canada, for "their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses. "

• Interview
• Arthur Ashkin
• Gérard Mourou
• Donna Strickland
• About their work
• Lecture
• Arthur Ashkin
• Gérard Mourou
• Donna Strickland

The Prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Chemistry
Awarded to Frances H. Arnold (1/2), from USA, for "the directed evolution of enzymes" and George P. Smith (1/4), from USA, & Gregory P. Winter (1/4), from UK, for "the phage display of peptides and antibodies."

• Interview
• Frances H. Arnold
• George P. Smith
• Gregory P. Winter
• About their work
• Lecture
• Frances H. Arnold
• George P. Smith
• Gregory P. Winter

The Prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Peace
Awarded to Denis Mukwege (1/2), from Congo, & Nadia Murad (1/2), from Iraq, for "their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict."

• Interview
• Denis Mukwege
• Nadia Murad
• About their work
• Lecture
• Denis Mukwege
• Nadia Murad

The Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Economic Sciences (Monday 8 October)
Awarded to William D. Nordhaus (1/2), from USA, and Paul M. Romer (1/2), from USA, for "integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis."

• Interview
• William D. Nordhaus
• Paul M. Romer
• About their work
• Lecture
• William D. Nordhaus
• Paul M. Romer

The Prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Literature
Delayed due to the scandal with the Swedish Academy which presents the award. The Prize will be awarded in 2019, with the 2019 Nobel Laureates.

Q&A on the delay by  Lars Heikensten, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation.

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