2006 - Chemistry
Roger D. Kornberg - Male - 59 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription
Affiliation: Stanford University - USA
Nobel Prize Winners of 2006
In 2006, 9 laureates received the Nobel Prize in 6 categories: Chemistry, Economic Sciences, Literature, Medicine, Peace, Physics. Each entry lists the motivation, the laureate's age at the award, birth country, and affiliation.
2006 - Economic Sciences
Edmund S. Phelps - Male - 73 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy
Affiliation: Columbia University - USA
2006 - Literature
Orhan Pamuk - Male - 54 years
Birth country: Turkey
Motivation: who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures
2006 - Medicine
Andrew Z. Fire - Male - 47 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA
Affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine - USA
Craig C. Mello - Male - 45 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA
Affiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School - USA
2006 - Peace
Muhammad Yunus - Male - 66 years
Birth country: Bangladesh
Motivation: for their efforts to create economic and social development from below
Organization: Grameen Bank
Country of Origin: Bangladesh
Motivation: for their efforts to create economic and social development from below
2006 - Physics
John C. Mather - Male - 60 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation
Affiliation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - USA
George F. Smoot - Male - 61 years
Birth country: USA
Motivation: for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation
Affiliation: University of California - USA
