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Salvador Luria, born #OTD in 1912, was awarded the 1969 medicine prize. Together with Max Delbrück, Luria demonstrated that bacterial resistance to phage infection occurred through genetic mutation, and that bacteria were suitable subjects for genetics research.pic.twitter.com/oBeL1yWsvr

Frederick Sanger, born #onthisday in 1918, is one of only six laureates to have received the #NobelPrize more than once and the only person to have received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice.pic.twitter.com/3MLGQEaA8y

On International #YouthDay we remember these wise words from peace laureate Willy Brandt. Brandt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 "for paving the way for a meaningful dialogue between East and West." #NobelPrizepic.twitter.com/deIGZB4TDF

Is this one of the most famous equations in physics? The Schrödinger equation is a cornerstone of quantum physics - the analogue of Newton's second law for quantum mechanics. Its derivation led to Schrödinger, born on this day in 1887, receiving the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics.pic.twitter.com/F2AQEhCAuc

On International #YouthDay, take a look at how some of our Nobel Prize laureates in their youth. Photos: Albert Einstein, 1882. Tu Youyou in the lab, 1950s. Gertrude Elion, ca 1933. Elizabeth Blackburn (right) and her sister Katherine on Elizabeth’s first school day, 1953.pic.twitter.com/v5JBeZARab

Erwin Schrödinger's lectures, 'What is Life?', later published in book form, influenced a wide range of scientists including James Watson and Francis Crick, who wrote to Schrödinger on his 66th birthday (12 August 1953), thanking him for the inspiration.pic.twitter.com/sJuw0s3Zxn

"School was not easy for me." Carol Greider achieved success in molecular biology in the same way she overcame dyslexia as a child: with persistence and creativity. Greider is one of many Nobel Prize laureates that have dyslexia. #YouthDaypic.twitter.com/4dFTwCej2P

Did you know, in his youth, physicist Niels Bohr was a keen football player alongside his brother Harald? In 1908 Harald represented Denmark at the Olympics, bringing home a silver medal 14 years before Niels received his own gold Nobel Prize medal. #youthdaypic.twitter.com/9FYaoLHZ0G

"Do what you love and do what you think you're good at" What is your best tip for success in work and life? #NobelPrizepic.twitter.com/gnVvbPAAXK

"Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world." Aaron Klug, awarded the #NobelPrize for developing crystallographic electron microscopy: https://bit.ly/2WD5ip8 pic.twitter.com/9I6rloF68Y

”I want my stories to be something about life that causes people to feel some kind of reward from the writing. Everything that the story tells moves the reader in such a way that you feel you are a different person when you finish.” - Alice Munro, master of storytellingpic.twitter.com/FBBPPzcYB6

In the 1930s Arne Tiselius developed a method called electrophoresis, to separate different substances from one another. It has become an important tool in chemical analysis. The picture shows a diagram from Tiselius' Nobel Prize lecture. Read it here: https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/0 pic.twitter.com/IEwJk2uYUi

In August 1976, during the Northern Irish Troubles, Mairead Corrigan’s sister’s three children were killed in Belfast. Betty Williams witnessed the tragedy and with Corrigan she founded a peace organisation to bring an end to the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland.pic.twitter.com/9H2diw1ZfV

In the 1950s William Fowler showed how nuclear reactions in stars account for how various elements are formed. These processes created the elements that make up our earth. Fowler, born on this day in 1911, was awarded the 1983 #NobelPrize in Physics.pic.twitter.com/cMSvjvZcR5

Rigoberta Menchú Tum is a Mayan k’iche’ activist and a leading advocate of indigenous rights and ethno-cultural reconciliation. She was awarded the #NobelPeacePrize in 1992. #IndigenousPeoplesDaypic.twitter.com/mck2DFdix3

"Research is largely a question of motivation and passion." Happy birthday to Jean Tirole, awarded the 2014 prize in economic sciences “for his analysis of market power and regulation."pic.twitter.com/V1Am6REITc

"At the moment I sat down on my work stool, a powerful flash of light came through the small windows. We were blinded for about 30 seconds." Chemist Osamu Shimomura recalls his childhood experiences from August 1945 when Nagasaki was destroyed by a bomb: https://bit.ly/2DOtvAf pic.twitter.com/afQgCzw7Eg

Ten years after Einstein’s death, physics laureate Roger Penrose demonstrated that black holes can form and described their properties. Penrose’s ground-breaking article is still regarded as the most important contribution to the general theory of relativity since Einstein.pic.twitter.com/2wcVyw7pxG

In developing quantum mechanical theory, physicist Paul Dirac, born #OnThisDay, predicted that all matter has a kind of mirror image - antimatter. Dirac's theory would later be proved experimentally. He was awarded the #NobelPrize in 1933 which he shared with Erwin Schrödinger.pic.twitter.com/Kav9UOWwnT

“I used to think Nobel Laureates were other people.” Happy 90th birthday to Roger Penrose, awarded the #NobelPrize in Physics 2020. We spoke to Penrose about growing up, his passion for maths and why he finds it so surreal to be a #NobelPrize laureate: https://bit.ly/3qzZKtF pic.twitter.com/dSaCXytiIz