How an Indian professor’s research connects to the 2026 Medicine Nobel
During his doctoral research, Prof Suneel Kateriya made significant contributions to the understanding of light-sensitive proteins, specifically channelrhodopsins found in Chlamydomonas.
His pioneering work not only clarified the DNA sequences encoding these proteins but also formed a crucial basis for the field of optogenetics, enabling the manipulation of nerve cells with light.
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