Tag: Fred Ramsdell
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Off-Grid Nobel: Montana Hike Leads to Medicine Prize Victory
Surprise News in a Remote Landscape In a twists-of-fate moment that sounds more like fiction than science, US immunologist Dr. Fred Ramsdell learned, on the last leg of a three-week hike with his wife, Laura O’Neill, and their two dogs, that he had won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The couple was deep…
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Nobel Medicine Laureate Off the Grid: The Prize News Delayed by a Hiking Escape
Introduction: A Prize Announcement Hurdled by a Remote Escape The Nobel committee’s announcement for this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has run into an unusual obstacle. One of the laureates, Fred Ramsdell, is said to be living his best life on an off-the-grid hiking foray, temporarily unreachable as the committee attempts to share…
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Nobel Prize in Medicine Finishes With Hidden Laureate: Off-Grid Hiking Keeps Winner Out of Reach
Overview: Nobel Prize in Medicine Finds Laureate in the Backcountry The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a trio whose work on the immune system’s regulatory T-cells has reshaped our understanding of peripheral immune tolerance. Yet this year’s ceremony carried an unusual wrinkle: one of the laureates remains unreachable, allegedly living…