American Deisseroth and Germans Hegemann and Nagel win 2026 Nobel medicine prize
Stockholm, October 5 - The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to American scientist Karl Deisseroth, German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their discoveries on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. The Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute selected the winners, who will each receive a prize of 12 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million).
Optogenetics, a technique that enables researchers to precisely control the activity of individual nerve cells in a living brain, is now being used worldwide to unlock the mysteries of the brain. The medicine prize, one of the five original Nobel Prizes established by Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel, has honored numerous groundbreaking discoveries since its inception in 1901.
The recipients of this year's prize are expected to make significant contributions to the field of neuroscience.
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