Nobel Prize in Medicine: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel honoured for optogenetics
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MexicoMexico City retains the 2026 Nobel Prize for the "light switch" that controls neurons and explains the formation of memories, emotions, and brain disorders.
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SwitzerlandBern notes that this Nobel Prize highlights the long journey of basic research, from algae to neurons, and slips in a local reference: two of the laureates had already been distinguished by the Louis-Jeantet Foundation.
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memory and brain
the narrative puts the formation of memories and neural circuits at the forefront, more than the history of the laureates.
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the quotes and descriptions come from the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska, without input from external researchers.
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SwitzerlandSwiss
the narrative highlights the link between the prize and the Louis-Jeantet Foundation, established in Switzerland, among the elements of the winners' careers.
Currency conversion
SRF expresses the endowment in Swiss francs alongside Swedish crowns.
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12 millones de coronas suecas
Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026 Award
millions of Swedish crowns
same figuretwelve million Swedish crowns, approximately one million francs