Karl Deisseroth and Two Others Win Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for Optogenetics

The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden announced on the 5th local time that it has selected three individuals, including Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel, as the co-recipients of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

The Nobel Committee explained that they were awarded for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.

This year's Nobel Prize announcements begin today with the Physiology or Medicine prize, followed by the Physics prize on the 6th, the Chemistry prize on the 7th, the Literature prize on the 8th, the Peace prize on the 9th, and concluding with the Economic Sciences prize on the 12th, spanning a total of six categories.

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