“for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics”
Karl Deisseroth is an American neuroscientist and psychiatrist. He is known for developing optogenetics, a technique that uses light-gated ion channels to control neuronal activity. He was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.
- Field
- Biology · Neuroscience
- Lifespan
- 1971–