cell & molecular biology, physiology, Nobel Prize

Günter Blobel, known for his work on the signal hypothesis of protein targeting, has died from cancer at age 81.

The Nobel Assembly announced today that three researchers in the field of immunology will share the 2011 Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Considered a renegade by his peers, Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel used a simple model to probe the neural circuitry of memory.