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{"id":10639,"date":"2016-12-09T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=10639"},"modified":"2022-12-07T11:31:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T16:31:09","slug":"celebrating-the-nobel-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/12\/09\/celebrating-the-nobel-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Nobel Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Christie Moffatt<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony takes place tomorrow, December 10, in Stockholm, Sweden, as it does each year, on the anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/alfred-nobel\/alfred-nobels-will\/\">Alfred Nobel’s<\/a> death. These prestigious international awards recognize outstanding achievements in chemistry, economics, literature, peace, physics, and physiology or medicine. On this exciting occasion, and in the spirit of celebrating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/medicine\/2016\/summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2016 Nobel Laureates<\/a>, we offer the glimpses of Nobel ceremonies and celebrations in the past through the collections of Nobel Laureates who have donated their personal papers and manuscripts to the National Library of Medicine, and to collaborating institutions, digitized and available online through on NLM\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/\"><em>Profiles in Science<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10668\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10668\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bbbaaz_.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10668\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/12\/09\/celebrating-the-nobel-prize\/bbbaaz_\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bbbaaz_.png?fit=1585%2C1097&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1585,1097\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Nobel Laureates of 1958\" data-image-description=\"<p>From the left: George Beadle, E. L. Tatum, Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (physics) , Frederick Sanger (chemistry), Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (physics), Ilja Mikhailovich Frank (physics), Joshua Lederberg.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/BBBAAZ<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Nobel Prize recipients in Chemistry, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine, 1958<br \/>\nCourtesy of the Nobel Foundation<br \/>\nProfiles in Science <\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bbbaaz_.png?fit=300%2C208&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bbbaaz_.png?fit=840%2C581&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-10668 size-large\" title=\"From the left: George Beadle, E. L. Tatum, Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (physics) , Frederick Sanger (chemistry), Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (physics), Ilja Mikhailovich Frank (physics), Joshua Lederberg (Physiology or Medicine).\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bbbaaz_.png?resize=650%2C450&ssl=1\" alt=\"Seven men in white tie and tails stand in a group holding awards.\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nobel Prize recipients in Chemistry, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine, 1958<br \/><em>Courtesy of the Nobel Foundation<\/em><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/101584906X12239\"><em>Profiles in Science<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Profiles in Science<\/em> includes selections from the manuscript collections of eleven laureates who have received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and two who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.* One of the laureates, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/mm\">Linus Pauling<\/a>, won both the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954) and the Nobel Peace Prize (1962)\u2014the only person in history to win two unshared Nobel prizes. On <em>Profiles<\/em>, researchers can\u00a0learn all about the background, research, and\u00a0achievements of these Nobel Laureates, and access their correspondence, photographs, oral histories, speeches, and other materials, including reflections and documentation\u00a0of\u00a0their own experiences at the Nobel Prize award ceremonies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/09\\\/celebrating-the-nobel-prize\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 580px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"580\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 420px; height: 580px;\" data-original-width=\"420\" data-original-height=\"580\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/12\/09\/celebrating-the-nobel-prize\/kkbbmb\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"416\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"576\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"10669\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kkbbmb.png\" data-orig-size=\"779,1077\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Nobel Prize Diploma\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/KKBBMB<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kkbbmb.png?fit=217%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kkbbmb.png?fit=741%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kkbbmb.png?w=416&h=576&ssl=1\" width=\"416\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"416\" data-original-height=\"576\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Nobel Prize Diploma\" alt=\"A formal document in gold embossed leather frame, in Swedish.\" style=\"width: 416px; height: 576px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Christian B. Anfinsen’s Nobel Prize Diploma, 1972 Courtesy of the Nobel Foundation Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 420px; height: 580px;\" data-original-width=\"420\" data-original-height=\"580\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/12\/09\/celebrating-the-nobel-prize\/kkbbmc_\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"416\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"576\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"10670\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kkbbmc_.png\" data-orig-size=\"866,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Nobel Prize Diploma\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/KKBBMC<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kkbbmc_.png?fit=217%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kkbbmc_.png?fit=739%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kkbbmc_.png?w=416&h=576&ssl=1\" width=\"416\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"416\" data-original-height=\"576\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Nobel Prize Diploma\" alt=\"A formal document in gold embossed leather frame, in Swedish.\" style=\"width: 416px; height: 576px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Christian B. Anfinsen’s Nobel Prize Diploma, 1972 Courtesy of the Nobel Foundation Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 605px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"605\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 605px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"605\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/12\/09\/celebrating-the-nobel-prize\/kkbbbn_\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"836\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"601\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"10671\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kkbbbn_1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Christian B. Anfinsen\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/KKBBBN<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kkbbbn_1.jpg?fit=300%2C216&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kkbbbn_1.jpg?fit=840%2C604&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kkbbbn_1.jpg?w=836&h=601&ssl=1\" width=\"836\" height=\"601\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"836\" data-original-height=\"601\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Christian B. Anfinsen\" alt=\"A man in evening dress recieved an award and a handshake.\" style=\"width: 836px; height: 601px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Christian B. Anfinsen receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1972 Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Their collections include images from the awards ceremonies themselves,\u00a0including those honoring the work of NIH Nobelists <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/jj\">Marshall Nirenberg<\/a> (1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine), <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/hh\">Julius Axelrod <\/a>(1970 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine), and <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/kk\/\">Christian Anfinsen <\/a>(1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry). These photos show the event’s traditions, where each Laureate, in formal evening dress, receives a diploma and a medal from the King of Sweden.\u00a0 In some cases, the collections include the actual Nobel Prize diploma, and in the special case of <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2015\/03\/16\/a-tribute-to-marshall-nirenberg\/\">Marshall Nirenberg<\/a>, through the generosity of his widow <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2015\/03\/18\/a-tribute-to-marshall-nirenberg-myrna-weissman\/\">Dr. Myrna Weissman<\/a>, the Nobel medal itself, which is on display in the Library’s History of Medicine Division Reading Room.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-circle tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/09\\\/celebrating-the-nobel-prize\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 280px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"280\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2015\/03\/16\/a-tribute-to-marshall-nirenberg\/jjbbcs_\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"276\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"276\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"6363\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jjbbcs_.png\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1148\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"1968 Nobel Prize winners\" data-image-description=\"<p>Profiles in Science: http:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/JJBBCS<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jjbbcs_.png?fit=300%2C215&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jjbbcs_.png?fit=840%2C603&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jjbbcs_.png?w=276&h=276&crop=1&ssl=1\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"276\" data-original-height=\"276\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"1968 Nobel Prize winners\" alt=\"Six men in formal dress stand together for a photograph.\" style=\"width: 276px; height: 276px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> 1968 Nobel Prize winners. Nirenberg is third from the right. Courtesy the Nobel Foundation <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 280px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"280\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2015\/03\/16\/a-tribute-to-marshall-nirenberg\/medal1\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"276\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"276\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"6361\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/medal1.png\" data-orig-size=\"1223,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Nirenberg’s Nobel Medal. National Library of Medicine\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/medal1.png?fit=300%2C294&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/medal1.png?fit=840%2C824&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/medal1.png?w=276&h=276&crop=1&ssl=1\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"276\" data-original-height=\"276\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Nirenberg's Nobel Medal. National Library of Medicine\" alt=\"A golden medal featuring a profile portrait of Alfred Nobel in a presentation case.\" style=\"width: 276px; height: 276px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Marshall Nirenberg’s Nobel Medal, 1968 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 280px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"280\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2015\/03\/17\/a-tribute-to-marshall-nirenberg-frank-portugal\/nirenberg-receiving-the-nobel-prize\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"276\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"276\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"6320\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/nirenberg-receiving-the-nobel-prize.png\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1207\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Nirenberg receiving the Nobel Prize\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/nirenberg-receiving-the-nobel-prize.png?fit=300%2C226&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/nirenberg-receiving-the-nobel-prize.png?fit=840%2C634&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/nirenberg-receiving-the-nobel-prize.png?w=276&h=276&crop=1&ssl=1\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"276\" data-original-height=\"276\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Nirenberg receiving the Nobel Prize\" alt=\"At an elegant gathering Marshal Nirenberg is handed the Nobel Prize and Certificate by the King of Sweden.\" style=\"width: 276px; height: 276px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden presents the Nobel Prize to Marshall Nirenberg, 1968 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>While certainly\u00a0the main event,\u00a0the awards ceremony is\u00a0just one part of week full of festivities, lectures, and banquets.\u00a0 In the collections you can see <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/ll\">Barbara McClintock<\/a> (1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) deliver her Nobel lecture, and read her <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/101584613X256\">Nobel banquet speech<\/a>, handwritten written on the stationary of Stockholm\u2019s Grand Hotel.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/gg\">Martin Rodbell\u2019s<\/a> (1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/hh\">banquet \u201cspeech\u201d<\/a> is also available, in poetic form, as well as the speeches of <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/101584577X18\">Julius Axelrod<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/101584910X33\">Marshall Nirenberg<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/101584639X83\">Linus Pauling<\/a>.\u00a0 You can also see a photograph taken on Santa Lucia Day, a festival of light celebrated on December 13, a traditional part of the Nobel festivities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/09\\\/celebrating-the-nobel-prize\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 391px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"391\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 556px; height: 391px;\" data-original-width=\"556\" data-original-height=\"391\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/12\/09\/celebrating-the-nobel-prize\/llbbqg_\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"552\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"387\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"10675\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/llbbqg_.png\" data-orig-size=\"1507,1056\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"McClintock Gives Nobel Lecture\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/llbbqg_.png?fit=300%2C210&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/llbbqg_.png?fit=840%2C589&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/llbbqg_.png?w=552&h=387&ssl=1\" width=\"552\" height=\"387\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"552\" data-original-height=\"387\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"McClintock Gives Nobel Lecture\" alt=\"McClintock giving speech at Nobel Conference, 1983 Courtesy of the Barbara McClintock Papers, American Philosophical Society Profiles in Science\" style=\"width: 552px; height: 387px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> McClintock giving speech at Nobel Conference, 1983 Courtesy of the Barbara McClintock Papers, American Philosophical Society Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 284px; height: 391px;\" data-original-width=\"284\" data-original-height=\"391\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/12\/09\/celebrating-the-nobel-prize\/mmbblz\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"280\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"387\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"10672\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mmbblz.png\" data-orig-size=\"514,710\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Pauling dancing at the Nobel Banquet\" data-image-description=\"<p>Linus Pauling, celebrating with Ava Helen, after receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 “for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances.”<br \/> https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/MMBBLZ<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mmbblz.png?fit=217%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mmbblz.png?fit=514%2C710&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mmbblz.png?w=280&h=387&ssl=1\" width=\"280\" height=\"387\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"280\" data-original-height=\"387\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Pauling dancing at the Nobel Banquet\" alt=\"A smiling couple in evening dress dancing on a crowded floor.\" style=\"width: 280px; height: 387px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Linus and Ava Helen Pauling dancing at the Nobel Banquet, 1954 Courtesy European Photo Union Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 621px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"621\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 621px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"621\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/12\/09\/celebrating-the-nobel-prize\/wgbbcg\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"836\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"617\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"10674\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wgbbcg.png\" data-orig-size=\"1510,1114\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Santa Lucia Feast, 1937\" data-image-description=\"<p>Szent-Gyorgyi stands with the queen of the Santa Lucia feast, possibly announcing her winning the contest. Caption reads: “Most beautiful girl &amp; most glamorous man. Crowning of Santa Lucia feast in Stockholm. Beauty queen elected. Stockholm 1937. Nobel Prize.” St. Lucia’s day, December 13th, starts the Christmas season in Sweden, just after Nobel Prize day, December 10th.<br \/> https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/WGBBCG<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wgbbcg.png?fit=300%2C221&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wgbbcg.png?fit=840%2C620&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wgbbcg.png?w=836&h=617&ssl=1\" width=\"836\" height=\"617\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"836\" data-original-height=\"617\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Santa Lucia Feast, 1937\" alt=\"A man in evening dress surrounded by young women in white dresses, one of which wears a crown of candles, reads form a paper in front of a microphone.\" style=\"width: 836px; height: 617px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Albert Szent-Gyorgyi at the Santa Lucia feast in Stockholm, Sweden Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Of course, the celebrating begins early at the home institutions of the laureates, and the <em>Profiles<\/em> collections feature some of the fun and festivities there as well!<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2016\\\/12\\\/09\\\/celebrating-the-nobel-prize\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 404px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"404\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 326px; height: 404px;\" data-original-width=\"326\" data-original-height=\"404\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/12\/09\/celebrating-the-nobel-prize\/mvbbbb\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"322\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"400\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"10677\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mvbbbb1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"965,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"University of California, San Francisco Campus Celebration\" data-image-description=\"<p>Varmus and Bishop were the University of California, San Francisco’s first Nobel Laureates.<br \/> https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/MVBBBB<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mvbbbb1.jpg?fit=241%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mvbbbb1.jpg?fit=823%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mvbbbb1.jpg?w=322&h=400&ssl=1\" width=\"322\" height=\"400\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"322\" data-original-height=\"400\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"University of California, San Francisco Campus Celebration\" alt=\"A flyer advertising a celebration on December 1, 1989 to honor Bishop and Varmus on the eve of thier departure to Sweden.\" style=\"width: 322px; height: 400px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Campus Celebration! Please Come! Flyer, 1989 Courtesy Regents of the University of California Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 514px; height: 404px;\" data-original-width=\"514\" data-original-height=\"404\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2015\/03\/20\/a-tribute-to-marshall-nirenberg-david-serlin\/jjbccq_\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"510\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"400\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"6290\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jjbccq_.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"8347,6541\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Banner for NIH Celebration\" data-image-description=\"<p>https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/ps\/retrieve\/ResourceMetadata\/JJBCCQ<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jjbccq_.jpg?fit=300%2C235&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jjbccq_.jpg?fit=840%2C658&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/jjbccq_.jpg?w=510&h=400&ssl=1\" width=\"510\" height=\"400\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"510\" data-original-height=\"400\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Banner for NIH Celebration\" alt=\"A banner reading "UUU are Great Marshall" hung in a hallway.\" style=\"width: 510px; height: 400px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UUU Are Great Marshall, 1968 Courtesy of Marshall W. Nirenberg Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><em>You can find these items and other Nobel Prize related materials on NLM’s <\/em>Profiles in Science<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/\">website<\/a> and on the <\/em>Profiles in Science<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/NLMProfiles\/the-nobel-prize\/\">Pinterest page<\/a>, and in the <a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/\">manuscript collections<\/a> of NLM.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>* <\/em>Profiles in Science<em> features the papers of Nobel Laureates Christian Anfinsen, Julius Axelrod, Francis Crick, Arthur Kornberg, Joshua Lederberg, Salvador Luria, Barbara McClintock, Daniel Nathans, Marshall Nirenberg, Linus Pauling, Martin Rodbell, Albert Szent Gyorgyi, and Harold Varmus.\u00a0 NLM’s manuscript collections also include the papers of Carlton Gajdusek.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 60px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cm3-2_crop.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2622\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2013\/12\/05\/future-explorations-of-the-modern-flu\/cm3-2_crop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cm3-2_crop.jpg?fit=1000%2C1173&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1173\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D800","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1384788061","copyright":"","focal_length":"85","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"Christie Moffatt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cm3-2_crop.jpg?fit=256%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cm3-2_crop.jpg?fit=840%2C985&ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2622\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cm3-2_crop.jpg?resize=89%2C105\" alt=\"Christie in the NLM HMD reading room.\" width=\"89\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a>Christie Moffatt is Manager of the Digital Manuscripts Program in the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine and Chair of NLM’s Web Collecting and Archiving Working Group.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Christie Moffatt The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony takes place tomorrow, December 10, in Stockholm, Sweden, as it does each<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53041628,"featured_media":10685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Celebrating the Nobel Prize - 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