Svante Pääbo, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2022: Official interview

Interview with 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine, Svante Pääbo, recorded in Stockholm on 6 December 2022. 0:00 - Official interview with Svante Pääbo 0:06 - Where does your passion for science come from? 0:44 - Was there a particular person that influenced you? 2:11 - How important are teachers, and a good learning environment? 3:31 - What qualities do you need to be a successful scientist? 4:19 - What do you enjoy about science? 5:11 - How are competition and collaboration related? 5:45 - What advice would you give to a student or young researcher? 6:19 - How do you cope with failure? 6:50 - What are the key implications of your research? 7:44 - What’s the relationship of Neandertals to modern humans? 8:45 - What makes us uniquely human? 10:09 - How did you celebrate the news of your Nobel Prize? 10:54 - How is it, returning to Stockholm to receive the prize? 11:19 - Will anything special happen when you return to Germany? 11:37 - What environments help with creativity? 12:54 - Why is diversity – of all kinds -in science important? 13:36 - Can you tell us about the object that you are donating to the Nobel Prize Museum?