David Julius And Ardem Patapoutian Win Nobel Prize in Medicine

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian "for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch."

David Julius

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021

Born: 4 November 1955, New York, NY, US

Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

Prize motivation: "for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch."

Ardem Patapoutian

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021

Born: 1967, Beirut, Lebanon

Affiliation at the time of the award: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, USA

Prize motivation: "for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch."