Nobel Museum Exhibition workshop highlights contribution of Alfred Nobel and Prize winners in medical field

Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF), a member of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, organised the very first of a series of workshops as part of the activities of the Nobel Museum Exhibition 2016 in Dubai. The exhibit has been hosted by the Foundation at Children's City in Dubai Creek Park, and will continue until March 21.

The workshop led by Professor Klas Krre, Former Chairman of the Nobel Award Committee for Physiology and Medicine and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, was kept in the presence of His Excellency Jamal bin Huwaireb, Managing Director of MBRF, and a group of professionals from the medical field, in addition to college student and agents of the regional media.

During the workshop, Krre highlighted the life of Alfred Nobel, the creator of the Nobel Prize, and his contributions to developments and research. Krre discussed how Nobel got knowledge dealing with his daddy on making use of gunpowder and how his experiences resulted in the creation of the dynamite and 300 other innovations. The creations led Nobel to establish a number of factories and business in addition to laboratories for the advancement of gunpowder industry, Krre said.

The workshop looked at Nobel's will which required his whole wealth to be used for giving away five rewards in numerous fields that serve humankind and offer options to enhance individuals's lives. Krre explained throughout the workshop that the will was significantly contested by the Nobel family and others for a duration of five years as people eyed Nobel's massive wealth. Nevertheless, the eagerness of his assistant, a chemical engineer, helped implement Noble's will and the distribution of Nobel Prize from 1901 in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Peace.

The workshop clarified the mechanism to choose the winners of the Nobel Prize, describing the functioning of the jury and the evaluation of the nominations. It also took a look at the primary winners of the elite prize in the medical field, specifically in the areas of vaccines and treatments of condition and the discovery of chromosomes.

Examining the stats about the Nobel Prize, Krre discussed that youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize is Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani human rights activist who was granted the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 when she was simply 17.

Concentrating on women's share in the Nobel Prize, Krre mentioned that 12 ladies have actually been awarded the Nobel Prize out of a total of 210 individuals who have actually won 106 Nobel Prizes. Krre stated the average age of the award winners is 58-year-old, and Switzerland and the United Kingdom have won the largest number of Nobel Prizes. As numerous as 900 institutions have been granted the Nobel Prize up until now, Krre added.

Krre explained that there have been instances when relatives have actually won the Nobel Prize, such as mom and child, father and child, and couple. In one case, 6 members of one family won the reward. He noted that the Nobel Prize has actually experienced an absence of nominations from the Middle East and South America.

The second workshop in the series will be hung on March 6 under the title, 'Nobel Prizes: Life and the Dance of Large Molecules', while the 3rd workshop on March 13 will highlight the experience of Nobel Laureates in Physiology and Medicine. Nobel Museum Exhibition 2016 gets visitors every day from 9 AM to 8 PM, other than on Fridays when it opens from 3 PM to 9 PM.