2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
"for his research in the field of genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution"
Date3 October 2022 (2022-10-03)
LocationStockholm
CountrySweden
Presented byNobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet
Hosted byThomas Perlmann
Reward(s)9 million SEK (2017)
First award1901
2022 laureateSvante Pääbo
Website2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to the Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo (born 1955) "for his research in the field of genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution". It was announced by Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, on 3 October 2022.