Announcement of the winner of the Prize in Physiology and Medicine began on Monday in Stockholm, the annual Nobel Week.
The Nobel Committee announced that in this nomination the awards for 2017 were awarded to researchers Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young for the discovery of molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms, Gazeta.ru reports.
Professor of Brandeis University Michael Rosbash was born in 1944 in the family of the cantor, who in 1938 left Germany for the United States.
Among the Nobel Prize laureates, approximately 20% are Jews - citizens of different countries.