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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The Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to Karl Deisseroth from the USA as well as to the German researchers Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel "for their discoveries into light-controlled ion channels and optogenetics". The award is endowed with twelve million Swedish crowns. The first award of the awards is this year for the 125th time.
The trio has discovered a method that shows how nerve cells shape memories, emotions, and behaviors in the brain.
The Karolinska Institute in Stockholm recognizes with the award scientists for laying “the foundations of a new era in neuroscience” with optogenetics
The Nobel Prize in Medicine for 2026 was awarded to Carl Diesseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their discovery of light-controlled ion channels and the development of optogenetics.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to an American and two Germans in 2026. They developed optogenetics, which can be used to study the brain well.
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