On the front tonightTrio Wins Nobel Medicine Prize for Optogenetics
Today's story
Stanford Scientist Wins Shared Nobel, Packs Lunches
Karl Deisseroth, 54, shared the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine for optogenetics, then paused at 6:30 a.m. after a sleepless night to make his children's school lunches.
Science · 6 sources · 2hRead it
The journal
Open the journal →The conversation starts in the journal — be the first to post.
About Karl Deisseroth
Karl Alexander Deisseroth is an American scientist and physician. He is the D.H. Chen Foundation Professor of Bioengineering and a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University.
Everything about Karl Deisseroth →- Occupation
- psychiatrist, neuroscientist, university teacher, academic
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 18, 1971, 1971
- Website
- https://profiles.stanford.edu/karl-deisseroth