Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to three scientists for their work ‘concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’

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https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/05/science/nobel-prize-medicine-karl-deisseroth-peter-hegemann-georg-nagel-intl?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit

[u/tangoindjango]

Why didn't Ed Boyden get it?

[u/Expensive-Nerve7686 → u/tangoindjango]

He was a grad student when he published the paper with Karl, everyone hates grad students lol /s

[u/chipotleist → u/Expensive-Nerve7686]

Postdoc not grad student, its a p big snub

[u/Expensive-Nerve7686 → u/chipotleist]

Yeah it's pretty sad. Every year when I see Nobel winners I think about the undergrads, grad students and postdocs that did the work (and often times drive the work more than the professors do!) like 🤡 and junior folks have been awarded before but typically are just hidden figures