The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine 2020
is awarded in equal share to
GERO MIESENBÖCK
PETER HEGEMANN
GEORG NAGEL
for the development of optogenetics, a technology that has revolutionized neuroscience.
21 May 2020
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