After receiving the call about the Nobel Prize in 2021, Ardem Patapoutian and his colleagues had caps made for everyone who had contributed to the work. The cap shows the molecular structure for the piezo channels that their discovery involved. Piezo channels are found in cells that feel pressure. The numeral 1 in 2021 is shaped like a dynamite stick, as a reference to Alfred Nobel.
Ardem Patapoutian donated the cap to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2023.
This lab notebook contains notes from Ardem Patapoutian's experiments. His research explores how nerve impulses are initiated so that touch and pressure can be perceived.
Ardem Patapoutian donated the lab book to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2022.
Ardem Patapoutian’s research explores how touch and pressure are translated into nerve signals. He and his research team used equipment combining a microscope to visualise the cell, a system to stimulate it mechanically and another to record its response to the stimulation. These items are part of the equipment.
Ardem Patapoutian donated the equipment to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2022.
