3 Scientists Receive Nobel Prize for Brain Activity Research
Dr. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel won the Nobel Prize in medicine.
TL;DR
- 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to three scientists.
- Recipients: Dr. Karl Deisseroth (American psychiatrist), Peter Hegemann (German biophysicist), Georg Nagel (German biophysicist).
- Prize awarded for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.
- Optogenetics allows scientists to control animal brain neurons with light.
- The technique has fundamentally altered brain understanding and aids in neuroscience discoveries.
- Prize money of $1.2 million to be shared equally.