Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel named 2026 medicine Nobel laureates
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were named the 2026 medicine Nobel laureates for work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, The Guardian reported on October 5.
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- Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were named the 2026 medicine Nobel laureates for work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, The Guardian reported on October 5.
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been named the recipients of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, according to The Guardian’s coverage of the announcement on October 5, 2026.
The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm announced the award. The three researchers will share 12 million Swedish kronor, the newspaper reported.
Deisseroth is affiliated with Stanford University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Hegemann works at Humboldt University of Berlin, while Nagel is at the University of Würzburg.
The award recognises research connecting light-sensitive ion channels with the study of brain function. The Guardian described the work as helping scientists investigate the brain.
This report is based on The Guardian’s account of the announcement. The official Nobel press release could not be accessed during verification.
