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10.06.2026

2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine Recognizes Optogenetics Pioneers

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, Peter Hegemann, PhD, and Georg Nagel, PhD, for discoveries that established optogenetics, a technology that has transformed neuroscience and is being investigated as a potential approach for restoring vision in patients with visual impairment. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet recognized the 3 scientists “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.” Dr.

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