Author: Ruby Barillaro
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Shining a Light on the Brain: Optogenetics and Light-Gated Proton Channels
On October 5th, 2026, the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine was jointly awarded to Karl Deisseroth of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University, USA, Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg, Germany (Nobel Prize 2026). They were recognized for their work in and…