Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine
The three researchers have laid the groundwork for optogenetics, a technique that can activate or deactivate the activity of individual nerve cells in the living brain and is currently used in laboratories around the world.
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries that enabled the development of optogenetics.
Optogenetics allows you to control the activity of individual nerve cells through light , activating or deactivating them in a living brain, a tool that allows researchers to study more accurately how neurons work and how they relate to each other.
The Foundations of a New Era in Neuroscience
The Swedish Academy has highlighted that the three researchers have laid the foundations for a new era in neuroscience, a technique currently used in laboratories around the world to investigate key questions about how the brain works.
The findings of Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel have made it possible to develop tools to intervene with great precision in neural circuits and to observe the effects of this activity .
This year's Nobel Prize has focused on technology that has transformed neuroscientific research and continues to expand the possibilities of understanding how the brain works.
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