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Former student of Prof. Zeigler is awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

October 10, 2014
several cyan brains and one yellow brain

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to John O´Keefe, former student of Prof. Zeigler.

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