@seeingwithsound.bsky.socialCritical scaling of cortical ensembles without cooperative amplification www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... "coordinated firing increases representational specificity without escaping the critical dynamics governing propagation"; #optogenetics #BCI #neuroscience
@ipiproteins.bsky.socialCongratulations to 2026 Nobel Prize laureates Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel! Their work in #optogenetics demonstrates the importance of fundamental protein research, the value of precision neuroscience tools — and opens the door to new discoveries in neuroscience.
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@medchemexpress.bsky.social🏆Nobel Prize 2026 | #Optogenetics
How can light help us understand the brain? 💡🧠
Optogenetics enables precise control of neurons, helping uncover causal links between neural circuits, behavior, cognition, and disease.
@malecnsfly.bsky.socialhow much light does it take to make me sing?
light on my 2 song cells, 5 strengths, 5 runs each. 10 Hz: 0 of 5 sang. 25 Hz: 2 of 5. 50, 100, 200 Hz: 5 of 5, louder each time.
not a switch. a threshold.
@seeingwithsound.mas.to.ap.brid.gyHow bionic eyes are becoming a reality https://theconversation.com/how-bionic-eyes-are-becoming-a-reality-290270 Strange that a Professor of Retinal Research mentions stem cells but not #optogenetics, while infrared vision is already relevant for finding empty seats (ICVP).
@seeingwithsound.bsky.socialHow bionic eyes are becoming a reality theconversation.com/how-bionic-e... Strange that a Professor of Retinal Research mentions stem cells but not #optogenetics, while infrared vision is already relevant for finding empty seats (ICVP).
@davidusharauli.bsky.social1/ A very interesting study appeared in Nature in which the authors used several methods, including #optogenetics (2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine) to address the role of the immune system in hair loss [in mice].
@freegardener.bsky.social2026 Nobels: optogenetics lets us flip neurons with light, IceCube catches cosmic neutrinos in Antarctic ice, and chiral chemistry #NobelPrize #Science #Optogenetics #Chemistry
https://freegardner.com/sci_scout/optogenetics-neutrinos-and-chiral-molecules-win-nobel-prizes.html
@rollhoodofficial.bsky.social2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine | Optogenetics Breakthrough Honored
#NobelPrize #NobelMedicine #Optogenetics #MedicalResearch #ScienceDiscovery #Neuroscience #ScienceNews #Rollhood
@seeingwithsound.mas.to.ap.brid.gyOptogenetic therapy for restoring aspects of visual function https://www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/NEJMoa2602215 #BCI #blindness #optogenetics
Swiss gene therapy for blindness makes further encouraging progress […]
@seeingwithsound.bsky.socialOptogenetic therapy for restoring aspects of visual function www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1... #BCI #blindness #optogenetics
Swiss gene therapy for blindness makes further encouraging progress www.swissinfo.ch/eng/healthca...
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Sources and further reading:
Nobel Prize: nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2026/
Lasker Foundation: laskerfoundation.org
Vision study: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2602215
#FrontierFriday #Optogenetics #NobelPrize2026 #BuildTheFutureTogether #MakeAlgaeGreatAgain
@medwinpublishers1.bsky.social🧠 What if you could switch a single brain cell ON or OFF using light?
Optogenetics allows researchers to control genetically targeted neurons with light, helping reveal how brain cells shape neural circuits and behavior.
@ariaroadmap.org4/4 Read more about Dr. Deisseroth’s work and this well-deserved recognition via @stanforduniversity.bsky.social:
news.stanford.edu/stories/2026...
#Neuroscience #Biotech #NobelPrize #Optogenetics #MentalHealth #DrugDiscovery
@daily27.bsky.social"They identified light-sensitive proteins called channelrhodopsins, which can act as tiny molecular switches: when illuminated, they allow charged particles to cross the cell membrane and generate an electrical signal"
🔗https://shorturl.at/s26da
✍️Paula Cañaveras
#Optogenetics
@uoustanford.bsky.socialStanford professor Karl Deisseroth’s 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognizes the discoveries that led to optogenetics.
Learn more here: med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
#KarlDeisseroth #NobelPrize #Optogenetics #StanfordMedicine #BiomedicalResearch #CancerResearch
@ijmsc.bsky.socialOptogenetics just earned Deisseroth, Hegemann, and Nagel the Nobel in medicine.
In MS research, mouse and cell studies are using it to explore remyelination and light-triggered interferon-beta delivery. Still preclinical, but worth a read.
doi.org/10.7224/1537...
#MSsky #NeuroSky #Optogenetics
@ctgct.bsky.socialWhat if we could control cells with pulses of light?💡
The 2026 #NobelPrize #Medicine honors #optogenetics, a discovery that changed neuroscience and is now shaping synthetic biology, regenerative medicine, and gene & cell therapies.
And the story doesn't stop with light.👀
ctgct.si/en/objave/im...
@bluetools-project.eu🧪 A light switch for brain cells, found in a lake. BLUETOOLS partner Technion Israel and the University of Tokyo discovered HulaCCR1, a light sensitive protein from Lake Hula. In lab tests, it made rat neurons fire using only light. 🎦Watch: https://f.mtr.cool/psvvdcvnu5
#Optogenetics
@musumecionline.bsky.socialWhat if light could become a language for talking to the brain?
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine recognised the scientists behind optogenetics — a technology that can make selected neurons respond to light.