OUTREACH SESSIONS: Nobel Symposium in Physiology or Medicine

Nobel in Africa is a STIAS Initiative in partnership with Stellenbosch University, under the auspices of the Nobel Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences with funding from the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The following public events are organised as part of the Outreach Programme of the 2024 Nobel Symposium in Physiology or Medicine.

22 October, 18:00 - 19:30, Stellenbosch University (click here to read more and RSVP)

• Göran K. Hansson, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, Who wins the Nobel Prize? The secrets behind the world’s most coveted awards.

23 October, 10:00 - 13:00, University of Cape Town (click here to read more and RSVP)

• Annika Rosengren, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden, Obesity – a challenge to cardiovascular health
• Lars Maegdefessel, Technical University of Munich, Germany, Deciphering athero-sclerosis with multi-omics approaches

23 October, 10:00 - 14:00, Tygerberg, Stellenbosch University (click here to read more and RSVP)

• Juleen R. Zierath, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, Regulation of glucose transport by insulin and energy sensing pathways in Type 2 diabetes
• Peter Libby Harvard Medical School, USA, Clonal hematopoiesis links aging, cancer and cardiovascular diseases

Download the full Outreach Programme here.