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University of California sets world record with five Nobel Prizes in one week
These awards bring the University of California’s total to 75 Nobel Prizes since 1934.
SF Chronicle Oct 10, 2025
The University of California made history this week, as its faculty and alumni won five Nobel Prizes across medicine, physics and chemistry — the most ever awarded to a single institution in one year.
2025 Nobel Prize winners
Medicine
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi won for discovering how the immune system prevents attacks on the body’s own tissues. Their work on regulatory T cells has advanced treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.
Physics
John Clarke (UC Berkeley), Michel H. Devoret (UC Santa Barbara/Yale), and John M. Martinis (UC Santa Barbara) were honored for showing how quantum particles can tunnel through barriers — a breakthrough that paved the way for quantum computing and advanced digital technology.
Chemistry
Omar M. Yaghi (UC Berkeley), Susumu Kitagawa (Kyoto University), and Richard Robson (University of Melbourne) developed molecular frameworks that trap gases — technology that could help capture carbon and pull water from desert air.
Literature
Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai was recognized for surreal, darkly humorous works exploring life under apocalyptic pressures.
Peace
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was honored for uniting her country’s divided political opposition amid government repression.
These awards bring the University of California’s total to 75 Nobel Prizes since 1934.
SF Chronicle Oct 10, 2025
The University of California made history this week, as its faculty and alumni won five Nobel Prizes across medicine, physics and chemistry — the most ever awarded to a single institution in one year.
2025 Nobel Prize winners
Medicine
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi won for discovering how the immune system prevents attacks on the body’s own tissues. Their work on regulatory T cells has advanced treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.
Physics
John Clarke (UC Berkeley), Michel H. Devoret (UC Santa Barbara/Yale), and John M. Martinis (UC Santa Barbara) were honored for showing how quantum particles can tunnel through barriers — a breakthrough that paved the way for quantum computing and advanced digital technology.
Chemistry
Omar M. Yaghi (UC Berkeley), Susumu Kitagawa (Kyoto University), and Richard Robson (University of Melbourne) developed molecular frameworks that trap gases — technology that could help capture carbon and pull water from desert air.
Literature
Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai was recognized for surreal, darkly humorous works exploring life under apocalyptic pressures.
Peace
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was honored for uniting her country’s divided political opposition amid government repression.