US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded for their work. #NobelPrize #Optogenetics #Neuroscience
Nobel Prize awarded for revealing inner workings of the brain
The author congratulated Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel on the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, saying their work in optogenetics had transformed the study of the brain. The author described it as a reminder of what scientific curiosity and breakthrough research could achieve for medicine and health.
The author wrote that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine had gone to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries involving light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. They described optogenetics as using light to control neurons and reveal how brain circuits shape memory, emotion and behaviour.
#NobelPrize in Physiology/Medicine Is Awarded for Discoveries in Neuroscience. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann & Georg Nagel were recognized for their work on light-gated ion channels & optogenetics, which uses tiny lights to activate neurons in the brain https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/health/nobel-prize-medicine-physiology.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVE.FOs2.x2t7SP_H2UGj&smid=url-share #NobelPrize #neuroscience
US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded for their work. #Neuroscience #NobelPrize #Optogenetics
Nobel Prize awarded for showing how nerve cells shape feelings
