This Saturday, 10 December, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart and Ben Feringa will receive the 2016 Nobel prize in chemistry at the award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.
Tune in for their Nobel lecture at 10am GMT on Thursday 8 December
You can read our full story on the prizewinners in our feature, Supraheroes, and more about work on molecular machines.
The ceremony and lecture are part of ‘Nobel week’ in Stockholm, where the new laureates attend events, press conferences and are generally celebrated at embassy receptions and the like.
Stoddart has recently joined Twitter and has been tweeting some of his experiences:
My marching orders for the week. Looking forward to my guests arriving from today. pic.twitter.com/pflRCFIqCv
— Fraser Stoddart (@sirfrasersays) December 5, 2016
And so have some of his guests
The secret to winning a #chemnobel... wear red!!! pic.twitter.com/57CqyamMW5
— Stuart Cantrill (@stuartcantrill) December 5, 2016
One of the odder traditions of Nobel week is signing a chair at the Nobel museum
Sir Fraser Stoddart, this year's Chemistry laureate, signs a chair at the @NobelMuseum in Stockholm. pic.twitter.com/qjx4th0YD2
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) December 6, 2016
Although not on Twitter, Feringa and Sauvage have also been joining in the fun
Earlier today: Chemistry Laureate 2016 Bernard Feringa arriving to the @NobelMuseum in Stockholm. Photo: A. Mahmoud pic.twitter.com/wZUDddycAJ
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) December 6, 2016
6 dec. Jean-Pierre Sauvage (Chemistry 2016) examines Marie Curie's radiation measurement apparatus at the @NobelMuseum. Photo: A. Mahmoud pic.twitter.com/2j6Ywy7xsm
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) December 6, 2016
And I’m sure many PhD students can empathise with this one…
Definition of pressure: @sirfrasersays asks me to make a few changes to Nobel lecture slides on the morning of the talk #nothingchanges
— Stuart Cantrill (@stuartcantrill) December 8, 2016
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