Nobel Week 1999 (3-12 December)

Here are some photos from
24th SIYSS (Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar)

The history behind SIYSS goes as far back as 1976. The Federation of Young Scientists (in Swedish "Förbundet Unga Forskare", organized its forst SIYSS program with inspiration from the United States Science Service and with help from the Nobel Foundation. In 1999 there were 30 participants from 17 different countries. The students are introduced to Swedish science and research ant to Swedish culture and history. The participants in SIYSS are selected in different ways. Some ofthem are winners of the National Science Fairs which are held in many of the participating countries, others are selected as the best students of their universities or representatives of organizations corresponding to the Swedish Federation of Young Scientists.

• All 30 participants of 24th SIYSS after the Nobel Banquet
• Stident's Hotel "AF Chapman" (the sail-boat)
• Our state-room in "AF Chapman" (8 people per cabin :-)
• The speaker of Swedish parlament introduces us into government work (excursion)
• Excursion continues
• Me in front of the King's Palace
• Participants reporting about their scientific work
• The visit to Nobel Fund. Mikhail Sulman (the president of the Fund) tells us about the mechanism of laureates selection
• Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute (waiting for press conference)
• Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute (press-conference with Gunter Blobel)
• Visiting Laboratories at Karolinska Institute (confocal microscope)
• The reception at Swedish Academy
• The reception at Swedish Academy (Gunter Blobel talks with us)
• Our departire to the Nobel Ceremony (outside and inside the car)
• The photo before the Ceremony (the Concert Hall of Stockholm is empty)
• SIYSS participants on Nobel Banquet (Me, Elisabet Lago, Björn Holm, Sheena Gordon)
• Me and Elisabet Laila Sá Lago (Spain)
• Me and Aki Hoshino (Japan)

Some additional information about SIYSS is available at www.fuf.org