The Nobel Prize is among the most prestigious awards in the world and is every year handed out for outstanding accomplishments in chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, literature, peace and economic science. But who is behind the selection of the Nobel laureates and how does the process work?

Hear Professor Gunnar von Heijne talk about the work behind the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and his most memorable moments from serving 19 years in the Nobel Committee.

Gunnar von Heijne is a Swedish researcher and scientist in theoretical chemistry at Stockholm University and studies membrane-bound proteins.

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Chapters
00:00 - The Nobel Prize to Osamu Shimomura in 2008
01:48 - The work of the Nobel Committee of Chemistry
02:55 - The story of the Nobel Prize to Kurt Wüthrich in 2002
04:11 - How does Nobel l laureates get selected?