The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1999 for the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell.
Institution: The Rockefeller University
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1976 for their discoveries (with Baruch S. Blumberg) concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1997 for his discovery of Prions - a new biological principle of infection.
Institution: University of California (UCSF)
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002 for his development of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for determining the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules in solution.
Institutions:
The Scripps Research Institute
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
These additional plenary sessions will provide an overview of scientific fields closely connected to prion research:
National Institute of Health
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke