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More than 20 Nobel laureates and about 550 young researchers from 77 countries met at Germany's Lindau Island on Lake Constance from June 26 to July 1 to discuss the future of science and innovative thinking
September 15, 2011 |
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An early-career scientist met with a Nobel laureate to discuss the choice between doing research or becoming a physician
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Two young scientists met with a Nobel laureate at the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this summer in Germany to discuss career choices
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An early-career scientist met with a Nobel laureate to discuss the choice between doing research or becoming a physician
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An early-career scientist met with a Nobel laureate who is a pioneer in the field of biochemistry
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Two early-career scientists met with a Nobel laureate who is a pioneer in their field
The Microsoft founder urged young researchers to focusing on improving the health, agriculture and innovation prospects for the world's poorest people
As a computer scientist working for Microsoft, Jonathan Carlson studies how HIV adapts to its host
Christian de Duve urged the world’s young people to take measures to control runaway population growth in order to resolve related ills that have resulted from humans' remarkable evolutionary success as a species
Students should pursue research questions even when no one else thinks the answers are attainable or important, says Elizabeth Blackburn
The laureate compres her scientific quest to determine the structure of the ribosome to a climb of the Mount Everest
One surprising treasure I came across was a Lindau lecture given by physiologist Ragnar Granit in 1972
The future of medicine is contained in 'The Four P's': Personalised, Predictive, Preventative, and Participatory, laureate Aaron Ciechanover explained
At the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany, 2007 Nobelist Oliver Smithies told the assembled students about what he learned from his thesis project, which was never once cited. Steve Mirsky reports
At the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany, 1996 laureate Harold Kroto told the assembled students that science as a way of evaluating what is true is, for him, its most important quality. Steve Mirsky reports
Hans Rosling, professor of international health at the Karolinska Institute, explains how a regulated market can encourage pharma companies to produce drugs for the world's poor. Steve Mirsky reports
Harald zur Hausen supports educational efforts to help parents understand the importance of vaccinating girls and boys
Laureate Peter Agre advised young researchers at the Lindau Nobel meeting to do useful research, not just to win prizes
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