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Oct 3, 2022 · Published Oct. 3, 2022 Updated Oct. 4, 2022. Svante Pääbo, a Swedish scientist who peered back into human history by retrieving genetic material from 40,000-year-old bones, producing a complete...
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October 2006. As a boy in Sweden, Svante Paabo read everything he could about ancient civilizations. After powerful North Sea storms uprooted trees, he begged his parents to take him to ...
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Svante Pääbo was born on Wednesday, 20 April 1955 (age 67 years; as of 2022) in Stockholm, Sweden. After completing his school studies at the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter School in 1976, he enrolled at the University of Uppsala, where he pursued his higher education in the History of Science and Egyptology; however, in 1977, he left Egyptology ...
Parents & Siblings
His father, Karl Sune Detlof Bergström, was a biochemist who won a Noble Prize in 1982. His mother, Karin Pääbo, was a biochemist. She died in 2013. He has a half-brother named Rurik Reenstierna. Note: According to Svante Pääbo, he was born through an extramarital affair between his parents. National Library of Medicine Svante Pääbo’s YouTube interview
Wife & Children
His wife, Linda Vigilant, is an American geneticist with whom he has published several research papers. The couple got married to each other in 2008. He has a son and a daughter with Linda. Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
Research
In 1979, Svante went to New Jersey, the US, where he not only served as a teacher but also as a part-time researcher till 1980 after which he came back to Sweden and began pursuing a PhD in Molecular Biology. In 1986, he published several research papers that focused on linking the modern-day human DNA structure with the ancient human species. Several sources claim that one of his most well-known research papers is “Molecular genetic investigations of ancient human remains,” which has been ci...
In 1992, Svante received Leibniz Prize, which was presented to him by German Science Foundation.In 1992, Svante received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Zurich, Switzerland.In 1998, Svante won Max Delbrück Medal in Berlin, Germany.In 2000, Svante received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Helsinki, Finland.In the same year, Svante won the Olof Rudbeck Prize, which was presented to him by the Upsala Medical Society.In 2003, Svante won the Leipzig Science Prize.Svante Pääbo has served on the scientific advisory board of several councils like Pyrosequencing AB, Foundation for Strategic Research, Ancient Biomolecules Initiative, Science & Engineering Resear...
Interview with the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine Svante Pääbo on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Read the interview.
Oct 3, 2022 · After the shock wore off, one of the first things he wondered was if he could share the news with his wife, Linda. Photo: Linda Vigilant pic.twitter.com/l27hnzojaL — The Nobel Prize...
Oct 3, 2022 · Press release. 2022-10-03. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet. has today decided to award. the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. to. Svante Pääbo. for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution. Humanity has always been intrigued by its origins.
Oct 3, 2022 · Svante Pääbo has been awarded a Nobel prize for discoveries about the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution. Credit: Alamy. This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been ...
