Exhibition on Nobel Laureates makes Asian debut at Science Centre Singapore, Singapore News

PUBLISHED ONSeptember 16, 2013 12:54 PMByPriscilla Goy

An exhibition, which features more than 50 scientific Nobel Laureates showing their spontaneous sketches of their discoveries, made its Asian debut at the Science Centre Singapore in Jurong.

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Here is the full statement from the Sketches of Science exhibition:

International travelling exhibition from the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings and the Nobel Museum, Sketches of Science, debuts in Asia at the Science Centre Singapore (SCS) today.

An audiovisual showcase of 50 scientific Nobel Laureates and their sketches of groundbreaking discoveries, the exhibition seeks to inspire and excite the young generation in Singapore to explore and pursue their passion in science and innovation.

Sketches of Science exhibition, held between 17 September 2013 and 22 November 2013, conveys the fun of doing science and demonstrates the beauty of intellectual scientific concepts. The portraits of the Nobel Laureates and their personal spontaneous sketches were shot by award-winning German photographer Volker Steger and the portraits are complemented with interviews, videos and digital presentations in the exhibition. A/Prof Lim Tit Meng, Chief Executive, Science Centre Singapore said, "In promoting science amid the changing expectations of the young generation in Singapore, we need to showcase unique modern age exhibitions that can help to trigger their excitement. The Sketches of Science is one such exhibition which provides an unusual peek into the brightest global minds of science and technology and their discoveries."

At the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, the Nobel Laureates were shown into a room where Volker Steger set up a studio and were asked, unexpectedly, to illustrate their complex discoveries on a blank sheet of paper using a sheaf of coloured pens. The scientists not only spontaneously sketched out their discoveries but also posed with them, radiating the fun of doing science. Among the portraits on display include Françoise Barré-Sinoussi who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2008 for the discovery of human immunodeficiency virus and Sir Timothy Hunt who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2001 for the discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle.

Photographer Volker Steger said, "I wanted to portray the Nobel Laureates and their discoveries in a very personal way. The idea was to get something spontaneous; while the sketches turned out to be as varied as the Nobel Laureates and their discoveries, they equally demonstrated the beauty of intellectual concepts and their great minds at work. I am glad that this exhibition has travelled to debut in Asia and I hope that it will help to catalyse creative scientific ideas and spark the innovative spirit among the young ones."

Commenting on his experience, Sir Timothy Hunt said, "The photo session for the exhibition proved rather different - never did we expect to be challenged to illustrate our scientific discoveries in this manner! I'm glad to be part of this project where we got to show our passion for science and innovation in a lighter way."

Sketches of Science is a joint project of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings and the Stockholm Nobel Museum, funded mainly by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung. The two-month long exhibition in Singapore is organised by SCS, and is part of the collaboration between National Research Foundation (NRF), Prime Minister's Office, Singapore and Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. It has been supported by Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), DSO National Laboratories and Ministry of Education, Singapore and leads up to the Global Young Scientists @one-north 2014, an international gathering of young researchers from all over the world in Singapore who delve into the latest advances in science and technology and ways in which the research can be harnessed to address major global challenges that we are faced with.

Sketches of Science Exhibiton

Date: 17 September 2013 to 22 November 2013

Venue: Science Centre Singapore, Hall A

Time: 10am to 6pm, open daily

Tickets: Free admission (Science Centre entry applies)

List of Nobel Laureates featured

No	Nobel Laureate	Nobel Prize and Discovery
1	Peter Agre	Chemistry 2003 “for the discovery of water channels”
2	Françoise Barré-Sinoussi	Physiology or Medicine 2008 “for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus”
3	Georg J. Bednorz	Physics 1987 “for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials”
4	Elizabeth H. Blackburn	Physiology or Medicine 2009 “for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase”
5	Martin L. Chalfie	Chemistry 2008 “for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP”
6	Georges Charpak	Physics 1992 “for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber”
7	Steven Chu	Physics 1997 “for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light”
8	Aaron Ciechanover	Chemistry 2004 “for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation”
9	Paul J. Crutzen	Chemistry 1991 “for his contributions to the development of the methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy”
10	Robert F. Curl Jr.	Chemistry 1996 “for their discovery of fullerenes”
11	Richard R. Ernst	Chemistry 1991 “for his contributions to the development of the methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy”
12	Gerhard Ertl	Chemistry 1997 “for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces”.
13	Sir Martin J. Evans	Physiology or Medicine 2007 “for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells”
14	Albert Fert	Physics 2007 "for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance”
15	Edmond H. Fischer	Physiology or Medicine 1992 “for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism”
16	Jerome I. Friedman	Physics 1990 “for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics”
17	Donald A. Glaser	Physics 1960 “for the invention of the bubble chamber”
18	Sheldon Lee Glashow	Physics 1979 “for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current”
19	Roy J. Glauber	Physics 2005 “for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence”
20	David J. Gross	Physics 2004 “for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction”
21	Robert H. Grubbs	Chemistry 2005 “for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis”
22	Theodor W. Hänsch	Physics 2005 “for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique”
23	Avram Hershko	Chemistry 2004 “for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation”
24	Roald Hoffmann	Chemistry 1981 “for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions”
25	Robert H. Horvitz	Physiology or Medicine 2002 “for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death”
26	Sir Timothy Hunt	Physiology or Medicine 2001 “for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle”
27	Brian D. Josephson	Physics 1973 “for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are generally known as the Josephson effects”.
28	Sir Harold Kroto	Chemistry 1996 “for their discovery of fullerenes”
29	Robert B. Laughlin	Physics 1998 “for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations”
30	Leon M. Lederman	Physics 1988 “for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino”
31	Yuan Tseh Lee	Chemistry 1986 “for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes”
32	Anthony J. Leggett	Physics 2003 “for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids”
33	John C. Mather	Physics 2006 “for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation”
34	Craig C. Mello	Physiology or Medicine 2006 “for their discovery of RNA interference – gene silencing by double-stranded RNA”
35	Hartmut Michel	Chemistry 1988 “for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre”
36	Mario J. Molina	Chemistry 1995 “for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone”
37	Luc Montagnier	Physiology or Medicine 2008 “for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus”
38	Ei-ichi Negishi	Chemistry 2010 “for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis”
39	Erwin Neher	Physiology or Medicine 1991 “for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells”
40	C. Nüsslein-Volhard	Physiology or Medicine 1995 “for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development”
41	Martin L. Perl	Physics 1995 “for the discovery of the tau lepton”
42	Burton Richter	Physics 1976 “for their pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind”
43	Carlo Rubbia	Physics 1984 “for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction”
44	Brian P. Schmidt	Physics 2011 “for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae”
45	Richard R. Schrock	Chemistry 2005 “for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis”
46	Dan Shechtman	Chemistry 2011“for the discovery of quasicrystals”
47	Oliver Smithies	Physiology or Medicine 2007 “for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells”
48	George F. Smoot	Physics 2006 “for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation”.
49	Jack Steinberger	Physics 1988 “for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino”
50	Thomas A. SteitzGerardus ‘t Hooft	Chemistry 2009 “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome”
51	Gerardus ‘t Hooft	Physics 1999 “for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics”
52	Richard E. Taylor	Physics 1990 “for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics”
53	Samuel C. Ting	Physics 1976 “for their pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind”
54	Martinus J. G. Veltman	Physics 1999 “for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics”
55	Frank Wilczek	Physics 2004 “for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction”
56	Kurt Wüthrich	Chemistry 2002 “for his development of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for determining the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules in solution”

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