Moment Karl Deisseroth tells his family he won the Nobel prize in medicine – video
Stanford University has shared video of Karl Deisseroth giving the news to his two daughters and one of his sons on Monday. Deisseroth had spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning that he had won a Nobel prize in medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics. But it wasn't long before the California scientist asked for a break from all the attention…
A video has emerged showing Stanford University researcher Karl Deisseroth confiding in his family about winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday. Deisseroth, 54, had been inundated with congratulatory calls after learning he had been awarded the prestigious honor for his groundbreaking work in optogenetics, a field that combines light with genes to control neurons in living brains.
The California scientist, who lives in Stanford with his wife and children, took a break from the media frenzy to prepare school lunches for his children, who were asleep in their home. Deisseroth's Nobel Prize, awarded alongside two researchers from Germany, recognizes their collective efforts in unraveling the mysteries of the brain.
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