Nobel-Institut hatte falsche Nummer vom Preisträger
Das Nobel-Institut zeichnet dieses Jahr unter anderem Drew Weissman aus.
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00:00 The Nobel Prize winner drew Drew Weissman this year.
00:05 However, he had only learned about it from a colleague.
00:09 Many scientists have been waiting for this call for a lifetime.
00:13 However, the new Nobel Prize winner Drew Weissman needed the help of his fellow award winner.
00:20 The newly-cured Nobel Prize winner Drew Weissman
00:24 was able to learn about the award from his colleague Kathleen Carrico.
00:30 "The Karolinska Institute in Stockholm could not reach him because it had a wrong number,"
00:36 said Weissman at a joint press conference of the two winners at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
00:44 Carrico had been picked up by her husband on the telephone early in the morning on the US east coast,
00:50 who was awakened by the call from Stockholm, according to the scientist.
00:55 She then gave the institute Weissman's number and wrote him an SMS.
01:01 "But we both assumed for the first time that someone had played a trick on us," said Weissman.
01:09 Only when the award had been officially announced, they would have believed it for sure.
01:15 "This is the dream of life, the ultimate recognition of work," said Weissman.
01:21 "I have always dreamed of it, but could never imagine that it would really happen."
01:28 Carrico emphasized that they had never worked for any honor.
01:34 "It was important to have a product that is helpful."
01:38 "The prize now gives you both more energy for further work," said Weissman.
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