Scholars@Duke
Jorg Grandl

Jorg Grandl

Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Neurobiology
Box 3209 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
Bryan Research Building, 311 Research Drive Room 327G, Durham, NC 27710

Academic Honors

Holland-Trice Scholar

Other Holland-Trice Foundation · 2025

Holland-Trice Scholar

Other Holland-Trice Foundation · 2023

Duke Institute for Brain Sciences Research Incubator Award

Other Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS) · 2019

Chancellor's Discovery Award

School Duke University School of Medicine · 2016

Kavli Fellow

International Kavli Foundation · 2015

GSK Neuroscience Discovery Award

International FASEB · 2015

Klingenstein Fellow

National Klingenstein Foundation · 2013

Sloan Research Fellowship-Neuroscience

National Alfred P. Sloan Foundation · 2012

Duke Whitehead Award

University Duke University · 2011

News Items

Published July 22, 2024
Body’s Touch Sensor Has A Previously Undiscovered Signal
Published February 28, 2023
Measuring the Lightest Touch Your Body Responds To
Published October 29, 2021
eLife
Sensing the pressure
Published October 5, 2021
Jungfrauzeitung
Preisträger lüfteten Geheimnis um Sinneseindrücke
Published October 4, 2021
statnews.com
Two scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for how we sense temperature and touch
Published May 31, 2019
Scientific American
Mole Rat Pain Resistance Could Point the Way to New Analgesics
Published July 2, 2018
Pain Research Forum
When Touch Causes Itch: A New Role for Merkel Cells in the Skin
Published May 4, 2018
Science
A cellular mechanism for age-induced itch
Published February 14, 2018
Pain Research Forum
Piezo2 Comes in More Forms Than One
Published July 17, 2017
Chemistry World - The Royal Society of Chemistry
Proteins get touchy under pressure
Published February 6, 2017
BBC Future
Why do we feel hot and cold as pain?
Published January 1, 2017
Trends in Biochemical Sciences
Getting in Touch with Jörg Grandl
Published October 4, 2016
A Tour de (Tiny) Force
Published May 13, 2016
Turning Duke Experiences into Science Fair Gold
Published December 16, 2015
The Atlantic
Why You Always Know Where Your Nose Is
Published December 16, 2014
Duke Research Blog
Pain-Sensing Gene Named for Rocky
Published November 10, 2014
Duke Today
HOW CARTILAGE CELLS SENSE FORCEFUL INJURY
Published May 8, 2014
Small Mutation Changes Brain Freeze to Hot Foot
Published April 10, 2014
The Scientist
Key Osmotic Channel Protein Identified