Stanford's Karl Deisseroth wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for optogenetics. Photo: Andrew Brodhea On Oct. 5, Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, and two other scientists won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The recognition was for the discovery and impact of optogenetics. Optogenetics introduces genes for light-sensitive proteins into cells … Continue reading Early CIRM awardee Karl Deisseroth wins Nobel Prize
Carolyn Bertozzi. Image credit: Andrew Brodhead The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Carolyn R. Bertozzi of Stanford University, Morten Meldal of the University of Copenhagen, and K. Barry Sharpless of Scripps Research for their independent contributions to click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry. Sharpless and Meldal established the foundation for click chemistry, a … Continue reading Chemistry Nobel Prize winner Carolyn Bertozzi had a hand in early stem cell research
Dr. Diljeet Gill, photo courtesy Babraham Institute, Cambridge UK Sometimes, when I give public presentations, people ask whether stem cells are good for the face. I always say that if stem cells could help improve people’s faces, I would look like this. It’s a line that gets a laugh, but it’s also true. The ads … Continue reading Turning back the clock to make old skin cells young again
The problem with trying to write about something like Women’s History Month is where do you start? Even if you narrow it down to women in science the list is vast. Marie Curie I suppose you could always start with Maria Salomea Skłodowska who is better known as Marie Curie. She not only discovered radium … Continue reading Women who have changed, and are changing, the world
Oh well, it’s going to be another year of disappointment for me. Not only did I fail to get any Nobel Prize (I figured my blogs might give me a shot at Literature after they gave it to Bob Dylan last year), but I didn’t get a MacArthur Genius Award. Now I find out I … Continue reading It’s time to vote for the Stem Cell Person of the Year