Neuropixels + Optogenetics = Neuropixels Opto
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics. 960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors.
Today in @natmethods.nature.com
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social, @alleninstitute.org, @hhmijanelia.bsky.social & team.
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics. 960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors.
Today in @natmethods.nature.com
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social, @alleninstitute.org, @hhmijanelia.bsky.social & team.
June 1, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Neuropixels + Optogenetics = Neuropixels Opto
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics. 960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors.
Today in @natmethods.nature.com
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social, @alleninstitute.org, @hhmijanelia.bsky.social & team.
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics. 960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors.
Today in @natmethods.nature.com
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social, @alleninstitute.org, @hhmijanelia.bsky.social & team.
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to trio for optogenetics work
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to trio for optogenetics work
US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the prize for their work that helps researchers understand how specific cell types contribute to behaviors like learning, fear, addiction and movement.
www.lemonde.fr
October 5, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to trio for optogenetics work
Why optogenetics deserves the hype www.wiringthebrain.com/2013/09/why-... (a piece I wrote in 2013 explaining how it works and why modulating specific cell types is so key to understanding how neural circuits and systems work)
Why optogenetics deserves the hype
Optogenetics has come in for some stick lately, with a number of people criticising the hype that this technique generates in some quar...
www.wiringthebrain.com
October 5, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Why optogenetics deserves the hype www.wiringthebrain.com/2013/09/why-... (a piece I wrote in 2013 explaining how it works and why modulating specific cell types is so key to understanding how neural circuits and systems work)
BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
October 5, 2026 at 9:40 AM
BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
This was so long overdue!... optogenetics truly revolutionized neuroscience and more. Congrats @deisseroth.bsky.social
BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
October 5, 2026 at 10:07 AM
This was so long overdue!... optogenetics truly revolutionized neuroscience and more. Congrats @deisseroth.bsky.social
Neuropixels and Optogenetics are delighted to announce the birth of
Neuropixels Opto
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics
Today in bioRxiv
960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors
By Lakunina, @karolinazsocha.bsky.social, Ladd, et al
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
(1/2)
Neuropixels Opto
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics
Today in bioRxiv
960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors
By Lakunina, @karolinazsocha.bsky.social, Ladd, et al
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
(1/2)
February 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Neuropixels and Optogenetics are delighted to announce the birth of
Neuropixels Opto
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics
Today in bioRxiv
960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors
By Lakunina, @karolinazsocha.bsky.social, Ladd, et al
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
(1/2)
Neuropixels Opto
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics
Today in bioRxiv
960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors
By Lakunina, @karolinazsocha.bsky.social, Ladd, et al
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
(1/2)
BREAKING: The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann for their discovery of rhodopsin and optogenetics, the ability to control cells using light and genetics
2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to scientists behind optogenetics
Karl Deisseroth, George Nagel and Peter Hegemann developed optogenetics, which uses light and genetics to control individual cells
www.scientificamerican.com
October 5, 2026 at 9:45 AM
BREAKING: The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann for their discovery of rhodopsin and optogenetics, the ability to control cells using light and genetics
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
October 7, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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
“Optogenetics helps researchers understand what the brain does for perception, cognition and action.
…Optogenetics uses light to…illuminate connections between different parts of the brain, Deisseroth explained. This allows researchers to map function and dysfunction in the brain….”
…Optogenetics uses light to…illuminate connections between different parts of the brain, Deisseroth explained. This allows researchers to map function and dysfunction in the brain….”
October 5, 2026 at 11:29 PM
“Optogenetics helps researchers understand what the brain does for perception, cognition and action.
…Optogenetics uses light to…illuminate connections between different parts of the brain, Deisseroth explained. This allows researchers to map function and dysfunction in the brain….”
…Optogenetics uses light to…illuminate connections between different parts of the brain, Deisseroth explained. This allows researchers to map function and dysfunction in the brain….”
Optogenetics revolutionized neuroscience, but its origins come from an entirely brainless organism—an alga.
The Science Behind the Nobel-Winning Technology That Controls Neurons With Light
Optogenetics revolutionized neuroscience, but its origins come from an entirely brainless organism—an alga.
buff.ly
October 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Optogenetics revolutionized neuroscience, but its origins come from an entirely brainless organism—an alga.
October 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
How the discovery of microbial opsins led to the development of optogenetics
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Here is a nice article on the origin of optogenetics in microbial rhodopsins, and first of all were the haloarchaea:
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Here is a nice article on the origin of optogenetics in microbial rhodopsins, and first of all were the haloarchaea:
October 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
How the discovery of microbial opsins led to the development of optogenetics
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Here is a nice article on the origin of optogenetics in microbial rhodopsins, and first of all were the haloarchaea:
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Here is a nice article on the origin of optogenetics in microbial rhodopsins, and first of all were the haloarchaea:
Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics.
California scientist wins a Nobel Prize, then makes school lunches for his kids
Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics.
bit.ly
October 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics.
New Toettchlab paper alert!
Harrison Oatman just published his beautiful work combining software design for "smart" microscopy+optogenetics and some really beautiful work understanding EGFR-driven collective cell migration.
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
Harrison Oatman just published his beautiful work combining software design for "smart" microscopy+optogenetics and some really beautiful work understanding EGFR-driven collective cell migration.
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
July 24, 2026 at 2:47 PM
New Toettchlab paper alert!
Harrison Oatman just published his beautiful work combining software design for "smart" microscopy+optogenetics and some really beautiful work understanding EGFR-driven collective cell migration.
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
Harrison Oatman just published his beautiful work combining software design for "smart" microscopy+optogenetics and some really beautiful work understanding EGFR-driven collective cell migration.
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
Inventors of optogenetics get the gong
The Nobel for medicine goes to lighting up the brain
Inventors of optogenetics get the gong
bit.ly
October 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Inventors of optogenetics get the gong
Want to know what Optogenetics is and why it won the Nobel Prize this week? Read this comic I made!
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
October 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Want to know what Optogenetics is and why it won the Nobel Prize this week? Read this comic I made!
A steady stream of technological advances led up to this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine for ‘optogenetics’ – and it opens the door to more advances that could lead to treatments for Parkinson’s, epilepsy, or blindness.
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.
theconversation.com
October 6, 2026 at 12:50 AM
A steady stream of technological advances led up to this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine for ‘optogenetics’ – and it opens the door to more advances that could lead to treatments for Parkinson’s, epilepsy, or blindness.
Congrats to Deisseroth, Hegemann & Nagel on the #NobelPrize for optogenetics! Here's how we used this cool tool to study cell division.
October 7, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Congrats to Deisseroth, Hegemann & Nagel on the #NobelPrize for optogenetics! Here's how we used this cool tool to study cell division.
Optogenetics has fundamentally altered our understanding of the brain. Every day brings new discoveries, helping to solve one of humanity’s great mysteries: how our incredible brain works.
October 5, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Optogenetics has fundamentally altered our understanding of the brain. Every day brings new discoveries, helping to solve one of humanity’s great mysteries: how our incredible brain works.
2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann for work on optogenetics www.scientificamerican.com/article/2026...
2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to scientists behind optogenetics
Karl Deisseroth, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann developed optogenetics, which uses light and genetics to control individual cells
www.scientificamerican.com
October 5, 2026 at 11:28 AM
2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann for work on optogenetics www.scientificamerican.com/article/2026...
Technology took us from a ‘road atlas of the brain to something more akin to Google Earth.’
Nobel-winning optogenetics research has led to experimental treatments for blindness and Alzheimer’s https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/05/2026-nobel-prize-winning-optogenetics-research-explained/
Nobel-winning optogenetics research has led to experimental treatments for blindness and Alzheimer’s https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/05/2026-nobel-prize-winning-optogenetics-research-explained/
Nobel-winning optogenetics research has led to experimental treatments for blindness and Alzheimer’s
Optogenetics is now the foundational way through which we are able to understand how the brain works
www.statnews.com
October 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Technology took us from a ‘road atlas of the brain to something more akin to Google Earth.’
Nobel-winning optogenetics research has led to experimental treatments for blindness and Alzheimer’s https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/05/2026-nobel-prize-winning-optogenetics-research-explained/
Nobel-winning optogenetics research has led to experimental treatments for blindness and Alzheimer’s https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/05/2026-nobel-prize-winning-optogenetics-research-explained/
Related to the #NobelPrize in #Optogenetics: I'm reflecting on the question "who invented X?" in science. 10 years ago I wrote about the people who were working on optogenetics, the patent debates and the role of race and prestige. I don't know the answer, but...
www.statnews.com/2016/09/01/o...
www.statnews.com/2016/09/01/o...
He may have invented one of neuroscience’s biggest advances. But you’ve never heard of him
The saga of Zhuo-Hua Pan, perhaps the rightful inventor of optogenetics, raises the question of what it means to invent something in science.
www.statnews.com
October 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Related to the #NobelPrize in #Optogenetics: I'm reflecting on the question "who invented X?" in science. 10 years ago I wrote about the people who were working on optogenetics, the patent debates and the role of race and prestige. I don't know the answer, but...
www.statnews.com/2016/09/01/o...
www.statnews.com/2016/09/01/o...
Curated in celebration of the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded to Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth for their groundbreaking work in #optogenetics, this collection highlights recent optogenetics articles published in @dev-journal.bsky.social.
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October 7, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Curated in celebration of the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded to Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth for their groundbreaking work in #optogenetics, this collection highlights recent optogenetics articles published in @dev-journal.bsky.social.
bit.ly/4yDx8lm
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🔬 Calibrating the DMD for optogenetics. Project light on your cells by drawing in napari-pymmcore!
November 27, 2024 at 3:57 PM
🔬 Calibrating the DMD for optogenetics. Project light on your cells by drawing in napari-pymmcore!