Comments on: Guess the 2008 Nobel Prize awards http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/09/29/guess-the-2008-nobel-prize-awards/ Medical Museion @ University of Copenhagen Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:13:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Thomas http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/09/29/guess-the-2008-nobel-prize-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-246568 Thomas Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:45:22 +0000 http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/09/29/guess-the-2008-nobel-prize-awards/#comment-246568 Interesting then to see that Gallo was excluded here in 2008 -- se here: <a href="http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/10/06/why-didnt-the-nobel-committee-give-the-prize-to-gallo/" rel="nofollow">http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/10/06/why-didnt-the-nobel-committee-give-the-prize-to-gallo/</a> Interesting then to see that Gallo was excluded here in 2008 — se here: http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/10/06/why-didnt-the-nobel-committee-give-the-prize-to-gallo/

]]> By: Gustav http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/09/29/guess-the-2008-nobel-prize-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-246567 Gustav Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:53:50 +0000 http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/09/29/guess-the-2008-nobel-prize-awards/#comment-246567 It has been done before; in 2004, the <a href="http://www.nobelpreisboerse.de" rel="nofollow">Nobelpreisbörse</a> was set up at the University of Frankfurt (but it seems to have gone defunct after the 2004 prizes). You were given an initial amount of (fictitious) cash and could buy shares in candidates. What is the predictive quality of such a virtual stockmarket? On the one hand, the medicine laureates in 2004, Linda Buck and Richard Axel, weren't picked by any trader; on the other, Luc Montagnier was <a href="http://www.nobelpreisboerse.de/stocks.aspx?stc=3" rel="nofollow">the favourite</a> on the Nobelpreisbörse in 2004 (with Robert Gallo as second ...). It has been done before; in 2004, the Nobelpreisbörse was set up at the University of Frankfurt (but it seems to have gone defunct after the 2004 prizes). You were given an initial amount of (fictitious) cash and could buy shares in candidates.

What is the predictive quality of such a virtual stockmarket? On the one hand, the medicine laureates in 2004, Linda Buck and Richard Axel, weren’t picked by any trader; on the other, Luc Montagnier was the favourite on the Nobelpreisbörse in 2004 (with Robert Gallo as second …).

]]> By: Sohaib Khan http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/09/29/guess-the-2008-nobel-prize-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-246560 Sohaib Khan Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:23:39 +0000 http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/09/29/guess-the-2008-nobel-prize-awards/#comment-246560 A Nobel Prize for the Nuclear REceptor field is overdue. One of the winners would include Dr. Elwood Jensen for his discovery of the first Nuclear Receptor, Estrogen Receptor. Ron Evans and Bert O'Malley could share the award. A Nobel Prize for the Nuclear REceptor field is overdue. One of the winners would include Dr. Elwood Jensen for his discovery of the first Nuclear Receptor, Estrogen Receptor. Ron Evans and Bert O’Malley could share the award.

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