The development of optogenetics has significantly advanced the understanding of brain function and behavior.

The 2026 Nobel Prize was announced today and it’s a genetics thing. Yay, Mind controlled mice. The Nobel committees announced the year’s first winners on Monday, awarding the prize for physiology or medicine to a trio of scientists who the committees said have “laid the foundation of a new era in neuroscience.” Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, & Georg Nagel were awarded the Nobel Prize in #physiology or #medicine for their pioneering discoveries in optogenetics, a method that uses light to determine how cells operate in the brain or even to exert control over those processes. Optogenetics provides opportunities for mapping the brain. That’s how light went from being simply something we see to becoming a tool for manipulating neural circuits. So, scientists can essentially use light as a remote ON/OFF switch for selected neurons to observe what happens to behavior or brain function. https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.cal.ur.science.pal/video/7693228143196310806 https://www.instagram.com/p/DeHsI_2Agyj/ #science #stem #nobelprize

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Understanding how the brain forms memories, emotions, and behaviors has long been a dream of researchers. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel were awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries that led to the development of optogenetics, which makes it possible to activate or deactivate the activity of individual nerve cells in a living brain. https://www.nobelprize.org/

The 2026 Nobel Prize for Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their work ‘concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’. © Nobel Prize Outreach

It's Nobel Prize week! The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University, USA Peter Hegemann Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany Georg Nagel University of Würzburg, Germany “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics” https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2026/press-release/ https://bsky.app/profile/nobelprize.org/post/3mx4mperemk26 1/n

#TopicOfTheDay: The #2026 #NobelPrize in #Physiology or #Medicine has been awarded jointly to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel "for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics". https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Nobel-Prize-2026-6ac390df3ffeaf9da8122ba0

The 2026 Medicine Nobel Prize goes to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for optogenetics: controlling the brain with light https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/trio-of-scientists-wins-medicine-nobel-for-a-method-to-turn-nerve-cells-on-and-off-with-light-helping-to-unravel-the-brains-mysteries-180989618/ Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel received the 2026 award for their contributions to a revolutionary technique in neuroscience called optogenetics, which allows researchers to examine… #science #neuroscience #nobel

2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann for work on optogenetics Karl Deisseroth, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann developed optogenetics, which uses light and genetics to control individual cells https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/2026-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine-awarded-to-karl-deisseroth-george-nagel-and-peter-hegemann-for-work-on-optogenetics/