Sunday, May 1, 2011

What Lamborghini, Nobel prizes and Pioneers in Shoulder Surgery have in common?


I am often surprised by the high quality research and and the pioneers at the University of Washington. I had the chance to see the Lamborghini Lab which was very impressive. Of the record I found out that the following Nobel prizes were given here at the University of Washington.

UW School of Medicine Nobel Prize Winners in Physiology or Medicine

2004: Linda B. Buck for discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system
2001: Leland H. Hartwell for discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle
1992: Edmond H. Fischer and Edwin G. Krebs for discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism
1990: E. Donnall Thomas for discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease