Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
Karl Deisseroth
Prize share: 1/3
Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
Peter Hegemann
Prize share: 1/3
Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
Georg Nagel
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 was awarded jointly to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel "for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics."
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