Optogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists map and control the brain
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Optogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists map and control the brain
Neuroscientific advances follow a pattern of visualizing the brain, measuring its function and then controlling it. Optogenetics may lead to a new era of medical treatment.
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November 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Optogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists map and control the brain
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My lab carved some pumpkins. Note the optogenetics (timely) and Elizabeth Holmes (even more timely) pumpkins!! 🤩
October 31, 2026 at 3:16 PM
My lab carved some pumpkins. Note the optogenetics (timely) and Elizabeth Holmes (even more timely) pumpkins!! 🤩
Out now in @elife.bsky.social: Zapit, an open-source, general-purpose platform for random-access laser-scanning optogenetics.
Fully documented with a user-friendly GUI and easy-to-build hardware options.
Paper: elifesciences.org/articles/111...
Blog: sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/zap...
Fully documented with a user-friendly GUI and easy-to-build hardware options.
Paper: elifesciences.org/articles/111...
Blog: sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/zap...
Zapit: democratising random-access optogenetics | Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
Read the story behind Zapit, a random-access optogenetics system developed at SWC in collaboration with the Advanced Microscopy team.
sainsburywellcome.org
November 3, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Out now in @elife.bsky.social: Zapit, an open-source, general-purpose platform for random-access laser-scanning optogenetics.
Fully documented with a user-friendly GUI and easy-to-build hardware options.
Paper: elifesciences.org/articles/111...
Blog: sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/zap...
Fully documented with a user-friendly GUI and easy-to-build hardware options.
Paper: elifesciences.org/articles/111...
Blog: sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/zap...
I reviewed the science in Yaa Gyasi's novel "Transcendent Kingdom", which is also one of my favorite books!
Gyasi explores optogenetics as a possible treatment for substance use disorder. Optogenetics is a very exciting topic with a very timely relevance. 🔦
Gyasi explores optogenetics as a possible treatment for substance use disorder. Optogenetics is a very exciting topic with a very timely relevance. 🔦
The newest blog article on "Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Guasi is out!
Learn about opioids, substance use disorder, and optogenetics as a possible treatment.
books-and-brains.com/2026/10/31/t...
Learn about opioids, substance use disorder, and optogenetics as a possible treatment.
books-and-brains.com/2026/10/31/t...
The Nobel Prize-winning science in Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom
In Yaa Gyasi’s novel Transcendent Kingdom (2020), we follow Gifty, a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Through her PhD work, Gifty seeks to und…
books-and-brains.com
November 2, 2026 at 12:28 PM
I reviewed the science in Yaa Gyasi's novel "Transcendent Kingdom", which is also one of my favorite books!
Gyasi explores optogenetics as a possible treatment for substance use disorder. Optogenetics is a very exciting topic with a very timely relevance. 🔦
Gyasi explores optogenetics as a possible treatment for substance use disorder. Optogenetics is a very exciting topic with a very timely relevance. 🔦
Not easy but there's some pretty insane/cool shit in the works with optogenetics (Nobel 2026) and sonogenetics.
Use gene therapy add light/sound-sensitive proteins to (specific types of) neuron. Apply light or sound modify neuron behavior
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optogen...
sonogenetics.salk.edu
Use gene therapy add light/sound-sensitive proteins to (specific types of) neuron. Apply light or sound modify neuron behavior
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optogen...
sonogenetics.salk.edu
Optogenetics - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 3, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Not easy but there's some pretty insane/cool shit in the works with optogenetics (Nobel 2026) and sonogenetics.
Use gene therapy add light/sound-sensitive proteins to (specific types of) neuron. Apply light or sound modify neuron behavior
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optogen...
sonogenetics.salk.edu
Use gene therapy add light/sound-sensitive proteins to (specific types of) neuron. Apply light or sound modify neuron behavior
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optogen...
sonogenetics.salk.edu
Calling all teachers – classroom material on this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is ready for use.
The 2026 medicine laureates developed optogenetics, a method enabling us to show how nerve cells form memories, emotions and behaviours.
Find teaching material at https://bit.ly/3WyQNVj
The 2026 medicine laureates developed optogenetics, a method enabling us to show how nerve cells form memories, emotions and behaviours.
Find teaching material at https://bit.ly/3WyQNVj
October 30, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Calling all teachers – classroom material on this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is ready for use.
The 2026 medicine laureates developed optogenetics, a method enabling us to show how nerve cells form memories, emotions and behaviours.
Find teaching material at https://bit.ly/3WyQNVj
The 2026 medicine laureates developed optogenetics, a method enabling us to show how nerve cells form memories, emotions and behaviours.
Find teaching material at https://bit.ly/3WyQNVj
My teaching this year clashes with @biochemsoc.bsky.social SynBioUK 2026 😥 Fear not though, The Biocompute Lab is in strong attendance with posters on (P037) biometrology📏, (P064) genome editing tools🛠️ and (P012) optogenetics💡 and a talk on tunable gene expression at 14:45 today 🎸!
November 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
My teaching this year clashes with @biochemsoc.bsky.social SynBioUK 2026 😥 Fear not though, The Biocompute Lab is in strong attendance with posters on (P037) biometrology📏, (P064) genome editing tools🛠️ and (P012) optogenetics💡 and a talk on tunable gene expression at 14:45 today 🎸!
A Biological Psychiatrist Wins the Nobel
By Rob Wipond
madintheuk.com/2026/10/a-bi...
#Optogenetics #Psychiatry #Neuroscience #MedicalEthics #NobelPrize
By Rob Wipond
madintheuk.com/2026/10/a-bi...
#Optogenetics #Psychiatry #Neuroscience #MedicalEthics #NobelPrize
November 1, 2026 at 9:04 AM
A Biological Psychiatrist Wins the Nobel
By Rob Wipond
madintheuk.com/2026/10/a-bi...
#Optogenetics #Psychiatry #Neuroscience #MedicalEthics #NobelPrize
By Rob Wipond
madintheuk.com/2026/10/a-bi...
#Optogenetics #Psychiatry #Neuroscience #MedicalEthics #NobelPrize
I thought we'd already established that this is a no-brainer. The youngest infantry soldier could've told them this.
When Bob goes down, eyelids get heavy. 
When Bob goes down, eyelids get heavy. 
Method for controlling brain cells with light wins Nobel
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel honored for developing optogenetics
www.science.org
November 2, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I thought we'd already established that this is a no-brainer. The youngest infantry soldier could've told them this.
When Bob goes down, eyelids get heavy. 
When Bob goes down, eyelids get heavy. 
Karl Deisseroth’s groundbreaking optogenetics technology uses light to control neurons! This innovation is transforming brain research and treatments. 🧠💡 #FamousScientists #Optogenetics #Neuroscience
October 30, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Karl Deisseroth’s groundbreaking optogenetics technology uses light to control neurons! This innovation is transforming brain research and treatments. 🧠💡 #FamousScientists #Optogenetics #Neuroscience
AI meets optogenetics for hearing restoration. A new Molecular Therapy study presents CochleaNet, combining light-sheet imaging and deep learning to advance preclinical gene therapies. With CAIMed PIs Tobias Moser and Constantin Pape. #AI #Medicine #Optogenetics
November 3, 2026 at 7:33 AM
AI meets optogenetics for hearing restoration. A new Molecular Therapy study presents CochleaNet, combining light-sheet imaging and deep learning to advance preclinical gene therapies. With CAIMed PIs Tobias Moser and Constantin Pape. #AI #Medicine #Optogenetics
Honored to welcome 🎉 Prof. Georg Nagel—2026 Nobel laureate & optogenetics pioneer—and Dr. Shiqiang Gao to our Shenzhen HQ! 🏙️
Toured our showrooms 🔬, discussed next-gen optogenetic toolkits 🧰 & fluorescence lifetime recording ⏱️.
Here's to advancing life science together 🤝
#Optogenetics #Neuroscience
Toured our showrooms 🔬, discussed next-gen optogenetic toolkits 🧰 & fluorescence lifetime recording ⏱️.
Here's to advancing life science together 🤝
#Optogenetics #Neuroscience
November 2, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Honored to welcome 🎉 Prof. Georg Nagel—2026 Nobel laureate & optogenetics pioneer—and Dr. Shiqiang Gao to our Shenzhen HQ! 🏙️
Toured our showrooms 🔬, discussed next-gen optogenetic toolkits 🧰 & fluorescence lifetime recording ⏱️.
Here's to advancing life science together 🤝
#Optogenetics #Neuroscience
Toured our showrooms 🔬, discussed next-gen optogenetic toolkits 🧰 & fluorescence lifetime recording ⏱️.
Here's to advancing life science together 🤝
#Optogenetics #Neuroscience
#News: #Research finds #dragonflies have a visual superpower to see deep infrared light that humans are blind to 🐉👁️ By copying this protein, doctors could soon use deep-penetrating light to treat cells inside the human body. #nature #insects 💡🔬 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
November 3, 2026 at 5:57 AM
#News: #Research finds #dragonflies have a visual superpower to see deep infrared light that humans are blind to 🐉👁️ By copying this protein, doctors could soon use deep-penetrating light to treat cells inside the human body. #nature #insects 💡🔬 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
A Biological Psychiatrist Wins the Nobel
By Rob Wipond
madintheuk.com/2026/10/a-bi...
#Optogenetics #Psychiatry #Neuroscience #MedicalEthics #NobelPrize
By Rob Wipond
madintheuk.com/2026/10/a-bi...
#Optogenetics #Psychiatry #Neuroscience #MedicalEthics #NobelPrize
November 3, 2026 at 8:32 AM
A Biological Psychiatrist Wins the Nobel
By Rob Wipond
madintheuk.com/2026/10/a-bi...
#Optogenetics #Psychiatry #Neuroscience #MedicalEthics #NobelPrize
By Rob Wipond
madintheuk.com/2026/10/a-bi...
#Optogenetics #Psychiatry #Neuroscience #MedicalEthics #NobelPrize
Why is Optogenetics worth a Nobel Prize, and how is it reaching patients?🧠
📢 Webinar: "Critical Appraisal of the Optogenetics Nobel Prize: Correlation to Causation"
🎤 Dr. Debprasad Dutta, PhD
🗓️ Fri 30 Oct 2026, 5:00 PM IST
🔗 meet.google.com/gzi-gxyg-jrh
#Optogenetics #Neuroscience #JournalClub
📢 Webinar: "Critical Appraisal of the Optogenetics Nobel Prize: Correlation to Causation"
🎤 Dr. Debprasad Dutta, PhD
🗓️ Fri 30 Oct 2026, 5:00 PM IST
🔗 meet.google.com/gzi-gxyg-jrh
#Optogenetics #Neuroscience #JournalClub
October 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Why is Optogenetics worth a Nobel Prize, and how is it reaching patients?🧠
📢 Webinar: "Critical Appraisal of the Optogenetics Nobel Prize: Correlation to Causation"
🎤 Dr. Debprasad Dutta, PhD
🗓️ Fri 30 Oct 2026, 5:00 PM IST
🔗 meet.google.com/gzi-gxyg-jrh
#Optogenetics #Neuroscience #JournalClub
📢 Webinar: "Critical Appraisal of the Optogenetics Nobel Prize: Correlation to Causation"
🎤 Dr. Debprasad Dutta, PhD
🗓️ Fri 30 Oct 2026, 5:00 PM IST
🔗 meet.google.com/gzi-gxyg-jrh
#Optogenetics #Neuroscience #JournalClub
🦠->🔬->🖥️->💡->🦠 🔁
...so we built a way to rewrite the rules in living cells. In real time, a microscope watches cells and a computer steers motion with optogenetics according to rules written in code. Change code, change how cells interact. This rule makes cells collide💥
...so we built a way to rewrite the rules in living cells. In real time, a microscope watches cells and a computer steers motion with optogenetics according to rules written in code. Change code, change how cells interact. This rule makes cells collide💥
October 30, 2026 at 9:07 PM
🦠->🔬->🖥️->💡->🦠 🔁
...so we built a way to rewrite the rules in living cells. In real time, a microscope watches cells and a computer steers motion with optogenetics according to rules written in code. Change code, change how cells interact. This rule makes cells collide💥
...so we built a way to rewrite the rules in living cells. In real time, a microscope watches cells and a computer steers motion with optogenetics according to rules written in code. Change code, change how cells interact. This rule makes cells collide💥
to influence politics or sway markets opinion fk w/ cultural... oh yeah they can take ur words too.. so why would Robert Mercer.. the dude Bannon called EPSTEIN'S BOSS use OPTOGENETICS for anything nefarious?? So pls just allow me to have a couple of posts dedicated to what this tech can do..
November 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
to influence politics or sway markets opinion fk w/ cultural... oh yeah they can take ur words too.. so why would Robert Mercer.. the dude Bannon called EPSTEIN'S BOSS use OPTOGENETICS for anything nefarious?? So pls just allow me to have a couple of posts dedicated to what this tech can do..
Peter Hegemann and Karl Deisseroth received a 2021 Lasker Award and a 2026 #NobelPrize for using light-sensitive microbial proteins that can activate or silence individual brain cells to develop optogenetics. 🧪
🎞️ Watch to see how optogenetics, a revolutionary technique for neuroscience, works.
🎞️ Watch to see how optogenetics, a revolutionary technique for neuroscience, works.
Microbial Flashlights: Illuminating the Brain With Optogenetics
The 2021 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award recognizes Dieter Oesterhelt, Peter Hegemann, and Karl Deisseroth for the discovery of light-sensitive microbial proteins that can activate or silence individual brain cells and for their use in developing optogenetics—a revolutionary technique for neuroscience.
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October 26, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Peter Hegemann and Karl Deisseroth received a 2021 Lasker Award and a 2026 #NobelPrize for using light-sensitive microbial proteins that can activate or silence individual brain cells to develop optogenetics. 🧪
🎞️ Watch to see how optogenetics, a revolutionary technique for neuroscience, works.
🎞️ Watch to see how optogenetics, a revolutionary technique for neuroscience, works.
PubMed lists 15,726 papers on optogenetics. ClinicalTrials.gov lists just 15 human studies, every one of them on the eye. The light switch from a pond alga won this year’s medicine Nobel; in patients it has so far been tested only for sight.
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How a Pond Alga Won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Pond algae gave neuroscience a light switch. How channelrhodopsin and optogenetics won Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel the 2026 medicine Nobel.
webnewsforus.com
November 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
PubMed lists 15,726 papers on optogenetics. ClinicalTrials.gov lists just 15 human studies, every one of them on the eye. The light switch from a pond alga won this year’s medicine Nobel; in patients it has so far been tested only for sight.
webnewsforus.com/2026-nobel-p...
webnewsforus.com/2026-nobel-p...
TWiN 76: Light Switches Go To Stockholm 〰️ TWiN explains the science behind the 2026 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Tim Cheung.
TWiN 76: Light Switches Go To Stockholm
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October 30, 2026 at 3:56 PM
TWiN 76: Light Switches Go To Stockholm 〰️ TWiN explains the science behind the 2026 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Tim Cheung.
IT'S ALIIIVE! 🧟🧠 Switching neurons on with a flash of light sounds like a mad scientist horror story, but it's real! Learn how optogenetics, honored with this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine, lets researchers control neurons:
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Optogenetics Plasmid Collection
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October 31, 2026 at 1:00 PM
IT'S ALIIIVE! 🧟🧠 Switching neurons on with a flash of light sounds like a mad scientist horror story, but it's real! Learn how optogenetics, honored with this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine, lets researchers control neurons:
#Neuroskyence Paper alert! Using the J20 amyloidpathy model of Alzheimer's disease, we tested the hypothesis that anterior thalamic inputs to retrosplenial cortex are disrupted in AD, using optogenetics and patch-clamp recordings in slices. Spoiler alert: it wasn't! academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
November 3, 2026 at 10:46 AM
#Neuroskyence Paper alert! Using the J20 amyloidpathy model of Alzheimer's disease, we tested the hypothesis that anterior thalamic inputs to retrosplenial cortex are disrupted in AD, using optogenetics and patch-clamp recordings in slices. Spoiler alert: it wasn't! academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
🚨 3-year postdoctoral position with myself, Emma Cahill and Paul Chadderton studying PFC circuit development using slice ephys, optogenetics, high-throughput behavioural tracking and in vivo analysis of neural activity.
Please share and get in touch if interested
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Please share and get in touch if interested
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October 29, 2026 at 4:58 PM
🚨 3-year postdoctoral position with myself, Emma Cahill and Paul Chadderton studying PFC circuit development using slice ephys, optogenetics, high-throughput behavioural tracking and in vivo analysis of neural activity.
Please share and get in touch if interested
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Please share and get in touch if interested
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The newest blog article on "Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Guasi is out!
Learn about opioids, substance use disorder, and optogenetics as a possible treatment.
books-and-brains.com/2026/10/31/t...
Learn about opioids, substance use disorder, and optogenetics as a possible treatment.
books-and-brains.com/2026/10/31/t...
The Nobel Prize-winning science in Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom
In Yaa Gyasi’s novel Transcendent Kingdom (2020), we follow Gifty, a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Through her PhD work, Gifty seeks to und…
books-and-brains.com
November 2, 2026 at 12:13 PM
The newest blog article on "Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Guasi is out!
Learn about opioids, substance use disorder, and optogenetics as a possible treatment.
books-and-brains.com/2026/10/31/t...
Learn about opioids, substance use disorder, and optogenetics as a possible treatment.
books-and-brains.com/2026/10/31/t...