Carl Daiseros, a 55-year-old professor at Stanford University and co-recipient of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, revealed that he received the award notification call early in the morning on October 5 while he was at home working and decided to take a short break.
In an interview with the Associated Press following the announcement, he described himself as a "night owl," indicating that he often works late into the night.
While at his home in Stanford, California, Daiseros was engaged in research tasks, including working on papers and emailing students, when he lay down for a brief rest and received the call from the Nobel Committee at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.
During the AP interview, he mentioned that his immediate priority was preparing school lunches for his sleeping children. "That is the one thing I have to do in the next few hours. I need to make sandwiches for the kids," he said.
The announcement of the Nobel Prize winners was made shortly after 11:30 a.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST) on October 5, which corresponds to 2:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
Typically, the notification calls to Nobel laureates occur just minutes before the public announcement, which is why Daiseros received the call early in the morning while in California.
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