This year’s nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 (October 04 - 2021) is awarded jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch. Press-release
The seminal discoveries by this year’s Nobel Prize laureates have explained how heat, cold and touch can initiate signals in our nervous system. The identified ion channels are important for many physiological processes and disease conditions.
Their discoveries clarify the molecular basis of sensing heat, cold and mechanical force. Their research sheds significant light on how the origin of the nerve impulses that allow us to perceive and adapt to the world.
Laureates : David Julius & Ardem Patapoutian
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| David Julius (Born: 4 November 1955, New York, NY, USA) / Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA | Ardem Patapoutian (Born: 1967, Beirut, Lebanon). Affiliation at the time of the award: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Scripps Research, La Jolla |
Announcement of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Press release: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2021. Tue. 5 Oct 2021. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2021/press-release/
- Photos: Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach.