I feel a special connection to today's announcement. I had the amazing opportunity to study #TRPV1, the temperature and pain receptor that is the subject of this #NobelPrize, as an undergrad with @RachelleGaudet @MCB_Harvard @HarvardResearch #stem #undergraduateresearch
David Julius – awarded this year’s #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine – utilised capsaicin, a pungent compound from chilli peppers that induces a burning sensation, to identify a sensor in the nerve endings of the skin that responds to heat.View quoted post on X
