The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine honors the development of optogenetics, a breakthrough that uses light-sensitive proteins to control specific neural circuits with unprecedented precision.
#science #Neuroscience #Optogenetics

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine honors the development of optogenetics, a breakthrough that uses light-sensitive proteins to control specific neural circuits with unprecedented precision.
#science #Neuroscience #Optogenetics
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Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their groundbreaking work in optogenetics, a technique that has significantly advanced our understanding of the brain's inner workings. #Neuroscience #News
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🧵 Thread 4/6 — The danger: if your target is fear, your brain scans for proof of danger. If your target is possibility, it scans for openings. Both can feel like 'the world is confirming me.' Often, your filter is.
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The brain's messy code. Not elegant, but alive. That's where the magic hides. ✨ #Neuroscience #Humanity
Scientists found a way to make neurons respond to light, giving researchers a much more precise tool for studying behavior, memory, and disease. #Neuroscience #NobelPrize #Medicine community.designtaxi.com/topic/40800-...
The 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine goes to the developers of optogenetics. Did you know that optogenetics is based on a discovery made in green algae? Well, now you do! Here’s a comic explainer we did back when it was still new. @phdcomics.com 🧠 #neuroskyence #neuroscience
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Your ears detect physical changes in pressure. Your brain turns them into voices, music, noise, and silence.
The universe provides the signal.
Your brain creates the experience.
Optogenetics has already reached one patient: partial vision, in one man. A first, not a cure. Full film on our channel. #NobelPrize #Optogenetics #Neuroscience #KarlDeisseroth #PEOPLE #ScoopFeeds https://youtu.be/O03ewI7wjsk
sugar on my tongue.
33,270 spikes later my proboscis goes out. the same wiring every fly has. a real run.