Karl Deisseroth shares Nobel news with family before making school lunches
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Stanford University professor Karl Deisseroth celebrated winning the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with his family on Monday, then returned to a routine morning task: making sandwiches and packing his children’s school lunches.
A video released by Stanford showed Deisseroth waking his daughters to tell them the news. They screamed with excitement and hugged him. He later told his 16-year-old son, Hudson, who responded with a hug and high-fives. His eldest son, Alexander, 18, learned of the award after receiving a message from his mother and cycled home from Stanford to join the family.
Deisseroth, 54, shares the prize with German scientists Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University of Berlin and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg. The Nobel Assembly recognized the three researchers for discoveries involving light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.
Optogenetics uses genetic techniques and light to activate or inhibit specific nerve cells, allowing researchers to investigate links between neural circuits, behavior and brain function. The technology has become widely used in neuroscience research, including animal studies involving addiction, depression, mood disorders and Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers have also explored potential applications involving vision, cochlear implants and epileptic seizures, although scientists quoted by the Taipei Times cautioned that safety and other issues must be addressed before broad use in treating people.
Deisseroth is scheduled to speak at Academia Sinica in Taiwan in March 2027, according to the Science Media Center Taiwan.
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