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California Institute of Technology: Shedding Light on the Brain - Neuroscientists Reflect on Optogenetics Nobel
October 08, 2026
PASADENA, California, Oct. 8 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:

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Shedding Light on the Brain: Neuroscientists Reflect on Optogenetics Nobel

October 07, 2026

On October 5, three scientists--Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel, and Karl Deisseroth--were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of optogenetics, a revolutionary tool that allows neuroscientists to use light to turn on and o . . .

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