🔴 Nobel Prize in Medicine jointly awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel
Summary
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their research on how light can control nerve cells in the brain. Their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics helps scientists understand brain functions and is widely used in labs today.Key Facts
- The prize was announced at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
- Karl Deisseroth works at Stanford University, California.
- Peter Hegemann is based at Humboldt University in Berlin.
- Georg Nagel is from the University of Wurzburg, Germany.
- The prize amount is 12 million Swedish kronor (around $1.2 million).
- Their research involves using light to switch nerve cells on or off.
- Optogenetics is the method they developed to study brain activity.
- The Nobel Prize week includes awards in physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and economics after this medicine prize.
Read the Full Article
This is a fact-based summary from The Actual News. Click below to read the complete story directly from the original source.
