Yoon Seok Kim, flying in the orbit of Nobels
Yoon Seok Kim, an Assistant Professor of Life Science Engineering at EPFL, has collaborated with three Nobel laureates, including Karl Deisseroth, whose 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognized the discovery of light‑gated ion channels that underpin optogenetics. Kim contributed to the first crystal structure of channelrhodopsins, enabling the design of improved optogenetic tools, and now leads a laboratory at EPFL that studies mechanosensitive proteins and cancer neuroscience. His work continues to build on the foundations of optogenetics and protein engineering developed during…
Yoon Seok Kim, an Assistant Professor of Life Science Engineering at EPFL, has collaborated with three Nobel laureates, including Karl Deisseroth, whose 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognized the discovery of light‑gated ion channels that underpin optogenetics. Kim contributed to the first crystal structure of channelrhodopsins, enabling the design of improved optogenetic tools, and now leads a laboratory at EPFL that studies mechanosensitive proteins and cancer neuroscience. His work continues to build on the foundations of optogenetics and protein engineering developed during…
His research at EPFL exemplifies Swiss scientific excellence in neuroengineering and protein design.
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