2011 Nobel Prizes

none The 2011 Nobel Prizes were awarded by the Nobel Foundation, based in Sweden. Six categories were awarded: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.2011 Nobel Prize Winners Announced https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121945&org=NSF 2024-12-10 www.nsf.gov English Nobel Week took place from December 6 to 12, including programming such as lectures, dialogues, and discussions. The award ceremony and banquet for the Peace Prize were scheduled in Oslo on December 10, while the award ceremony and banquet for all other categories were scheduled for the same day in Stockholm.Royen Ulrika 2013-06-01 Video - The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2011 https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremony/the-nobel-prize-award-ceremony-2011-2011/ 2024-12-10 NobelPrize.org en-USRoyen Ulrika 2013-06-01 Video - The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremony/the-2011-nobel-peace-prize-award-ceremony/ 2024-12-10 NobelPrize.org en-US Prizes Physics +Awardee(s)127x127pxSaul Perlmutter (b. 1959)United States American"for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae"The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2011/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20120801221425/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2011/index.html 1 August 2012 4 October 2011 Nobel Foundation102x102pxBrian P. Schmidt (b. 1967)Australia Australian112x112pxAdam G. Riess (b. 1969)United States American Chemistry Awardee(s)112x112pxDan Shechtman (b. 1941)Israel Israeli United States American"for the discovery of quasicrystals"The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2011/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20111007112614/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2011/index.html 7 October 2011 5 October 2011 Nobel Foundation Physiology or Medicine Awardee(s)94x94pxBruce A. Beutler (b. 1957)United States"for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity"The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011 http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2011/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20111005085037/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2011/index.html 5 October 2011 28 July 2007 Nobel Foundation113x113pxJules A. Hoffmann (b. 1941)France 1974 France100x100pxRalph M. Steinman (1943–2011)Canada"for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity" (awarded posthumously)3 October 2011 Ralph Steinman Remains Nobel Laureate https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_organizations/nobelfoundation/press_releases_archive/2011/steinman.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20131014192652/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_organizations/nobelfoundation/press_releases_archive/2011/steinman.html 14 October 2013 6 October 2013 The Nobel FoundationSample Ian 3 October 2011 Nobel prize to be awarded to dead scientist https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/oct/03/nobel-prize-awarded-dead-scientist live https://web.archive.org/web/20131001035016/http://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/oct/03/nobel-prize-awarded-dead-scientist 1 October 2013 10 October 2011 The Guardian London The Nobel foundation concluded that the award should stand, saying: "The Nobel prize to Ralph Steinman was made in good faith, based on the assumption that the Nobel laureate was alive." Literature 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature Awardee(s)108x108pxTomas Tranströmer (1931–2015)Sweden"because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality"Nobel Prize in Literature 2011 https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2011/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20111007061342/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2011/ 7 October 2011 6 October 2011 Nobel Foundation Peace 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Awardee(s)111x111pxEllen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938)Liberia"for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work."The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2011/summary live https://web.archive.org/web/20180728063500/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2011/press.html 2018-07-28 2022-03-02 Nobel Foundation100x100pxLeymah Gbowee (born 1972)94x94pxTawakkul Karman (born 1979)Yemen Economic Sciences Awardee(s)113x113pxThomas J. Sargent (b. 1943)United States"for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy"The Prize in Economic Sciences  2011 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2011/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20111006172048/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2011/ 2011-10-06 2011-10-10 Nobel Foundation113x113pxChristopher A. Sims (1942–2026) Controversies Physiology or Medicine Steinman died from cancer shortly before the awards ceremony, creating a technical complication for the Nobel Foundation regarding its policy of prohibiting posthumous awards. Ultimately, the committee ruled that Steinman's naming as a recipient prior to his death resolved the posthumous question.Stefanie Ilgenfritz (3 October 2011). "A Posthumous Nobel for Medicine?" The Wall Street Journal. Over 20 immunologists, in an open letter published in Nature, applauded the foundation's recognition of "the field of innate immunity" but lamented the lack of acknowledgement for scientists Charles Janeway and Ruslan Medzhitov whose discoveries constituted a "Nobel-standard breakthrough" in regards to said field.Allison James P. Benoist Christophe Chervonsky Alexander V. 2011 Nobels: Toll pioneers deserve recognition https://www.nature.com/articles/479178a Nature en 479 7372 178 10.1038/479178a 22071753 2011Natur.479..178A 1476-4687 subscription Hoffman's awarding was questioned by Bruce Lemaitre, a scientist who worked in Hoffman's lab in the nineties during the course of Hoffman's immunology research. On a website launched after the award's announcement, Lemaitre claimed that he himself did much of the work on immunity while Hoffman was originally uninterested in his project and later "inappropriately" took credit for it as a group effort.Nobel Prize for Immunologists Provokes Yet Another Debate https://www.science.org/content/article/nobel-prize-immunologists-provokes-yet-another-debate#:~:text=Once%20again,%20the%202011%20Nobel,was%20done%20in%20the%201990s. 2024-12-10 www.science.org en Peace Many questioned Sirleaf's awarding of the Peace Prize, pointing to her record as a head of state involving violent and corrupt leadership, as well as her past affiliation to Charles Taylor prior to her tenure as president.2011-10-06 Liberia's 'Iron Lady' Peace Prize Stirs Controversy https://www.voanews.com/a/liberias-iron-lady-peace-prize-stirs-controversy-131329469/146288.html 2024-12-10 Voice of America en Fellow laureate, Gbowee, also criticized Sirleaf's administration on similar lines.Allison Simon 2012-10-10 Fellow Nobel peace prize winner criticises Ellen Johnson Sirleaf https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/10/former-ally-ellen-johnson-sirleaf 2024-12-10 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 However, others pushed back against said criticisms, stating that her advocacy of women's rights in Liberia has still been groundbreaking and influential.Cheng Christine Sirleaf: A controversial laureate? https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2011/10/12/sirleaf-a-controversial-laureate 2024-12-10 Al Jazeera en References Category:Nobel Prize by year Category:2011 awards