Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Stefan Hell
Prof. Stefan Hell
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Following the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine for Harald zur Hausen, for the second time a researcher at the DKFZ has been awarded the highest distinction in science: Professor Stefan Hell, director at the Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen and department head at the DKFZ, has been awarded this year´s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work in the field of ultra high resolution fluorescence microscopy.
STED microscopy at DKFZ
STED microscopy delivers nanoscale insights into living cells (extract from the DKFZ-Movie)
Nanoscopy with focused light
Lecture held by Prof. Stefan Hell at German Cancer Research Center, 23/09/2014
Nobel Lectures in Chemistry: How the optical microscope became a nanoscope
The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2014
Further Information
- About Stefan Hell
- CV Stefan Hell
- Publications Stefan Hell
- Scientific Background on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014
- STED - Insights into the nanoworld. Video by Max Planck Society
- Department of NanoBiophotonics at Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen
- Press Release: From microscopy to nanoscopy: 2011 Meyenburg Award goes to Stefan Hell
- Press Release: Hansen Family Award for 2011 goes to Professor Stefan W. Hell