Venue
Venue: Jacob Berzelius Lecture Hall, Berzelius Laboratory, Berzelius väg 3, Karolinska Institutet Campus Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Transportation: Most easy by Bus 47 (takes 13 minutes from Norra Bantorget/Clarion Sign Hotel) in the direction of Tomteboda-Karolinska Institutet, or by taxi 10 minutes. For further information please visit the website of SL (Stockholm's public transport company) at www.sl.se
Jakob Berzelius Lecture Hall is where the Nobel Lectures in Physiology or Medicine are presented every year. Jacob Berzelius (1779 - 1848) was professor in chemistry and pharmacy at the Karolinska Institutet and is credited with identifying the chemical elements silicon, selenium, thorium, and cerium and students working in Berzelius's laboratory also discovered lithium, and vanadium. Berzelius is also credited with originating the chemical terms "catalysis", "polymer", "isomer" and "allotrope", and was the first person to make the distinction between organic compounds (those containing carbon), and inorganic compounds. The term "protein" itself was also coined by Berzelius.
