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Nobel Prize in medicine 2011

Nobel lecture Dec 14 at Lund University

Bruce Beutel gives his nobel lecture “How Mammals Sense Infection: From Endotoxin to the Toll-like Receptors”

Dec 14, 15.30-16.30
The Aula, Skånes universitetssjukhus, Lund

Nobel Prize in medicine 2011

Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffmann and Ralph Steinman are Nobel laureates 2011 in medicine/physiology. 

Beutler and Hoffman are rewarded for their discoveries on the activation of congenital immunity. Steinman is rewarded for his discovery of dendritic cells and their part in acquired immunity.

• See the announcement live here, at Monday Oct 3, 11.30am

See the laureate's list of publications via PubMed

• Bruce Beutler
• Jules Hoffmann
• Ralph Steinman

The Nobel prize

Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and for peace. Since 1968 the prize is also awarded in economy. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In medicine, the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet selects the Nobel laureate. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.

•  Learn more at the official web site of the Nobel Foundation 

How do you qualify for the Nobel Prize in medicine?

How is the nomination and selection process performed? Learn more about the work of the Nobel Committee and The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet.

•  Nomination to the Nobel Prize in Medicine