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The 2013 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine recognizes James Rothman, Randy Schekman and Thomas Südhof, whose work over several decades has characterized key components and mechanisms of the trafficking machinery in eukaryotic cells. Reflecting on these Nobel Prize-winning discoveries raises some important and exciting prospects for immunologists.