
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their discoveries in light-controlled ion channels and optogenetics.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their discoveries in the field of optogenetics.
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The Nobel Prizes are announced every October in Stockholm, Sweden.
Excitement has begun for the Nobel Prizes, which are among the most prestigious organizations in the scientific world. The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their "discoveries in the field of light-controlled ion channels and optogenetics."
The award was announced to the public at a ceremony held at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, at the beginning of Nobel Week. The financial size of the Nobel Prizes this year; It was set at 12 million Swedish krona (about $1.2 million) for an individual, a small group of scientists, or an organization.
LAST YEAR THE MEDICINE AWARD WAS GIVEN TO THREE PEOPLE
Last year, the Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries about the mechanisms that prevent the immune system from damaging the body's own tissues while attacking microbes. Scientists' studies on "peripheral immune tolerance"; It was considered a critical turning point in understanding autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
NOBEL EXCITEMENT WILL CONTINUE WITH PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
The announcement of the awards within the scope of Nobel Week will continue with the Physics award at the ceremony to be held tomorrow.
According to the program calendar, the Chemistry award will find its owners on Wednesday and the Literature award will find its owners on Thursday. Following the announcement of the highly anticipated Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, the award marathon will be completed with the Economics Prize, which will be announced on October 12.
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