Stanford University's Instagram page has published a video of Karl Diesroth, a professor of this university, in which he informs his children of winning the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Stanford University's Instagram page has published a video of Karl Diesroth, a professor of this university, in which he informs his children of winning the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

🔸 Diesroth, together with Peter Hagmann and Georg Nagel, won this award on Monday 13 Mehr for their discoveries related to light-activated ion channels and optogenetics.

🔸 Optogenetics provides the possibility of controlling the activity of nerve cells with light and has helped researchers to understand the function of the brain. These three scientists will share the cash prize of 12 million Swedish kroner among themselves.