Emmanuel Mignot

Awards

1. 2023

   Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences

   Biology

   for discovering that narcolepsy is caused by the loss of a small population of brain cells that make a wake-promoting substance, paving the way for the development of new treatments for sleep disorders..

2. 2026

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For identification of orexin, a brain peptide that maintains wakefulness, and discovery that orexin deficiency causes uncontrolled sleep in narcolepsy