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北京时间10月4日下午5点34分许,2021年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖揭晓。美国科学家David Julies、Ardem Patapoutian获奖,以表彰他们“发现温度和触觉的受体”。
2021年的诺贝尔奖单项奖金为1000万瑞典克朗(约合人民币740.9万元)。
David J. Julius
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2021年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖获得者 |
简 介
David Julius,生于1955 年 11 月 4 日,美国生理学家,加利福尼亚大学旧金山分校教授,曾获邵逸夫生命科学及医学奖。1977年本科毕业于麻省理工学院,1984年在加州大学伯克利分校获得博士学位。
Ardem Patapoutian
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2021年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖获得者 |
简 介
Ardem Patapoutian,1967 年出生于黎巴嫩贝鲁特,美籍亚美尼亚裔分子生物学家和神经科学家。
获奖成果
Our ability to sense heat, cold and touch is essential for survival and underpins our interaction with the world around us. In our daily lives we take these sensations for granted, but how are nerve impulses initiated so that temperature and pressure can be perceived? This question has been solved by this year’s Nobel Prize laureates.
David Julius utilized capsaicin, a pungent compound from chili peppers that induces a burning sensation, to identify a sensor in the nerve endings of the skin that responds to heat. Ardem Patapoutian used pressure-sensitive cells to discover a novel class of sensors that respond to mechanical stimuli in the skin and internal organs. These breakthrough discoveries launched intense research activities leading to a rapid increase in our understanding of how our nervous system senses heat, cold, and mechanical stimuli. The laureates identified critical missing links in our understanding of the complex interplay between our senses and the environment.
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