Stanford 2014 Nobel Prize Winner

Professor W.E. Moerner spoke via Skype with Bjorn Carey of the Stanford News Service early Wednesday morning after waking up to news he'd won won the #NobelPrize2014 in Chemistry. Moerner, who's in Brazil to attend a conference, was honored for his work extending the limits of the light microscope and making it possible to study molecular processes in real time. He shares the recognition with Eric Betzig, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia, and Stefan W. Hell, of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Germany. #StanfordNobel

Professor W.E. Moerner spoke via Skype with Bjorn Carey of the Stanford News Service early Wednesday morning after waking up to news he'd won won the #NobelPrize2014 in Chemistry. Moerner, who's in Brazil to attend a conference, was honored for his work extending the limits of the light microscope and making it possible to study molecular processes in real time. He shares the recognition with Eric Betzig, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia, and Stefan W. Hell, of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Germany. #StanfordNobel

Professor W.E. Moerner spoke via Skype with Bjorn Carey of the Stanford News Service early Wednesday morning after waking up to news he'd won won the #NobelPrize2014 in Chemistry. Moerner, who's in Brazil to attend a conference, was honored for his work extending the limits of the light microscope and making it possible to study molecular processes in real time. He shares the recognition with Eric Betzig, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia, and Stefan W. Hell, of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Germany. #StanfordNobel

Professor W.E. Moerner spoke via Skype with Bjorn Carey of the Stanford News Service early Wednesday morning after waking up to news he'd won won the #NobelPrize2014 in Chemistry. Moerner, who's in Brazil to attend a conference, was honored for his work extending the limits of the light microscope and making it possible to study molecular processes in real time. He shares the recognition with Eric Betzig, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia, and Stefan W. Hell, of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Germany. #StanfordNobel

Professor W.E. Moerner spoke via Skype with Bjorn Carey of the Stanford News Service early Wednesday morning after waking up to news he'd won won the #NobelPrize2014 in Chemistry. Moerner, who's in Brazil to attend a conference, was honored for his work extending the limits of the light microscope and making it possible to study molecular processes in real time. He shares the recognition with Eric Betzig, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia, and Stefan W. Hell, of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Germany. #StanfordNobel

Professor W.E. Moerner spoke via Skype with Bjorn Carey of the Stanford News Service early Wednesday morning after waking up to news he'd won won the #NobelPrize2014 in Chemistry. Moerner, who's in Brazil to attend a conference, was honored for his work extending the limits of the light microscope and making it possible to study molecular processes in real time. He shares the recognition with Eric Betzig, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia, and Stefan W. Hell, of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Germany. #StanfordNobel

Professor W.E. Moerner spoke via Skype with Bjorn Carey of the Stanford News Service early Wednesday morning after waking up to news he'd won won the #NobelPrize2014 in Chemistry. Moerner, who's in Brazil to attend a conference, was honored for his work extending the limits of the light microscope and making it possible to study molecular processes in real time. He shares the recognition with Eric Betzig, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia, and Stefan W. Hell, of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Germany. #StanfordNobel

Lucy Shapiro, the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor of Developmental Biology, Richard N. Zare, the Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science, graduate student Marissa Lee and postdoctoral scholar Saumya Saurabh reflect on the work of Professor W.E. Moerner, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. For news and conversation about Professor W. E. Moerner's #NobelPrize2014, visit: #StanfordNobel