Nobelpreis: Medizin-Nobelpreis geht an zwei Deutsche und einen US-Amerikaner
Zusammen mit einem US-Forscher werden die beiden Wissenschaftler für ihre Entdeckung der Optogenetik prämiert. Sie macht sichtbar, wie Nervenzellen funktionieren, und revolutionierte die Forschung.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded this year to Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, both German researchers, alongside American scientist Karl Deisseroth. The Karolinska Institute in Stockholm announced their discoveries in the field of optogenetics, such as the development of light-responsive control over these proteins, which has revolutionized neuroscience.
The prize, valued at twelve million Swedish Kronor (approximately 1.2 million dollars), is shared among the three scientists. Hegemann, a professor at Berlin's Humboldt University, Nagel, a professor in Würzburg, and Deisseroth, who teaches at Stanford University in the United States, each contributed significantly to the breakthrough.
They discovered Channelrhodopsins, a type of protein found in single-celled algae, and Deisseroth then adapted this discovery for practical use, enabling the light-controlled manipulation of nerve cells. This technique allows scientists today to observe cognitive processes like memory and the processing of emotions and behaviors within the brain through light impulses.
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