Overview
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is one of the most prestigious awards a biologist can obtain. On October 6, the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded. Pretend you are on a brand new Nobel committee that will award a "prize of the century". Visit this website All Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine and read the one sentence description of each prize awarded this century (2001-2025). Choose the one you feel made the biggest contribution to society. Click the year of that award and scroll down to the interview about the work (older years will not have an interview, so you will have to "Google" the research to learn more about it). The use of AI to write your post will result in a zero for academic dishonesty and you will not be allowed to redo the assignment.
For your post:
- State which year (2001-2025) you felt made the biggest contribution.
- Copy the sentence from the original link that tells the scientists and their contribution.
- After looking up information on the work of your Nobel Laureate, summarize their work beyond the one sentence blurb (use your own words here).
- Using information you "Googled" or information from the interview on the Nobel Prize website, justify why the year you selected is worthy of the Nobel Prize of the Century. Make sure you justify the impact on society.
Reply to two classmates who chose different years than you. Appropriate responses will include one thing you found interesting from their post or you did not know before, how the research from their scientist affects your life personally, etc. Please refrain from "that's nice but mine is better than yours."