Molecular biologist Gary Ruvkun, a UC Berkeley alumnus, reacts as he arrives for a press conference after winning a shared 2024 Nobel Prize with Victor Ambros in physiology or medicine

Four UC-affiliated scientists found their sleep disturbed in the early morning hours this week by a memorable phone call — the news of a Nobel Prize award from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the honor of a lifetime.

Of the winners so far, four have deep UC ties. Spanning the fields of medicine, physics and chemistry, they all spent significant time at the University of California, as students, researchers or faculty, benefitting from the university’s living legacy of groundbreaking research, including mentorship from Nobel Prize-winning colleagues. University of California faculty have received 71 Nobel Prizes since the inception of the awards.

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