The Nobel Committee announced that the American scientist Karl Deisroth and the German scientists Georg Nagel and Peter Hegemann have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine, in recognition of their discoveries in the field of developing optogenetics.
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Dysroth works at Stanford University in California, Hegemann at Humboldt University in Berlin, and Nagel at the University of Würzburg in Germany.
The research of the three scientists contributed to the development of a technology that allows for the control of nerve cell activity using light, which opened the way for studying the brain and its functions more accurately.
This technology relies on light-sensitive proteins that can precisely activate or deactivate nerve cells, providing scientists with a new tool to study brain functions and neural circuits in living organisms.
The Nobel Committee noted that optogenetics is currently being used in laboratories around the world to study the secrets of the brain, understand the mechanisms of nerve cells and the connections between them, in addition to its role in research on a number of neurological and psychological disorders.
The 2026 Nobel Prize is worth approximately 12 million Swedish kronor, equivalent to about 1.2 million dollars, and the prize money is divided between the three winners.
Last year, Mary E. Broncho, Fred Ramsdale, and Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance and the role of regulatory T cells in controlling the immune system’s response and preventing it from attacking the body’s tissues.
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