Nobel Laureates

Science is a complex, unending, collaborative journey. The Nobel Prizes for science annually seek to recognize individuals who have “conferred the greatest benefit to mankind” in several fields: physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine. Since 1978, more than 30 scientists supported by HHMI have won.

	Carolyn Bertozzi 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	Ardem Patapoutian 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	Jennifer A. Doudna 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	William G. Kaelin, Jr. 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	Michael Rosbash 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	Eric Betzig 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	Randy Schekman 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	Thomas Südhof 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	Robert Lefkowitz 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research on G-protein coupled receptors. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	Jack Szostak 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	Craig Mello 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovery of RNA interference – gene-silencing by double-stranded RNA. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	Richard Axel 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for pioneering studies that clarify how the olfactory system works. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	Roderick MacKinnon 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for landmark studies of ion channel architecture. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	H. Robert Horvitz 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	Carl Wieman 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates.  Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	Thomas Cech 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org
	Susumu Tonegawa 1987 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity. Read more » Scientist profile | Bio on nobelprize.org

HHMI Alumni

• James Allison
  2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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• Joachim Frank
  2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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• Michael W. Young
  2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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• Paul Modrich
  2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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• Brian Kobilka
  2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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• Bruce Beutler
  2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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• Thomas Steitz
  2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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• Roger Tsien
  2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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• Mario Capecchi
  2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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• Linda Buck
  2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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• Eric Kandel
  2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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• Günter Blobel
  1999 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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• Stanley Prusiner
  1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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• Eric Wieschaus
  1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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• Edwin Krebs
  1992 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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• Johann Deisenhofer
  1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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• Daniel Nathans
  1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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