Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to three scientists for their work ‘concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’
- The Karolinska Institute in Stockholm awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their research into light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.
- Optogenetics research enables scientists to switch on or off individual nerve cells in a living brain, the committee wrote, making it possible to reveal the brain's mysteries in laboratories worldwide.
- Award winners receive 12 million Swedish kronor, or about $1.2 million, as part of the prize money this year, whether for individuals, small groups, or organizations.
- Following the medicine prize, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced on Oct. 12, after the peace prize, with physics, chemistry, and literature awards announced this week.
- Last year, the Nobel Prize in medicine went to three scientists for discoveries about how the immune system identifies germs, findings Experts called critical to understanding autoimmune diseases.
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BREAKING: Deisseroth, Hegemann, Nagel win 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries in optogenetics. Read More: https://punchng.com/breaking-deisseroth-hegemann-nagel-win-2026-nobel-prize-in-medicine/
Nobel Prize in Medicine to 3 scientists for research into brain uses
Stockholm: The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on or off the activity of individual nerve cells. Karl Deisseroth, 54, Peter Hegemann, 71, and Georg Nagel, 73, have carried out research into light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. They are based at universities … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top St…
The Nobel Prize season is open. The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to an American and two Germans. They are rewarded for their discoveries concerning the ionic channels activated by light and...
According to an official publication on the Nobel Committee website, Carl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and George Nagel were awarded the 2026 Prize in Physiology and Medicine.
Karl Deisseroth of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute of Stanford University (USA), Peter Hegemann of the Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany), and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg (Germany), have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 for their discoveries that made optogenetics possible, a technique that allows ... Continue reading "Controlling neurons with light: the advance that leads three scientists to the…
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