A humble Australian professor has stepped into the global spotlight, accepting science's most prestigious prize at a glittering ceremony.
The University of Melbourne's Richard Robson thanked his friends, family and colleagues as he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Stockholm Concert Hall.
The 88-year-old shares the award with Japan's Susumu Kitagawa and American-Jordanian Omar Yaghi, for their groundbreaking work in pioneering a new form of molecular architecture.