The Nobel Prize-winning discovery in Medicine “that we could only dream of before”: this is how cells mark memory and emotions in the brain

The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for their foundational work in optogenetics. The laureates represent institutions across the United States and Germany, including the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Stanford University, Humboldt University of Berlin, and the University of Würzburg.

The Karolinska Institute in Stockholm described the breakthrough as the beginning of a new era for neuroscience. The awarded research focuses on how cells mark memory and emotions in the brain, utilizing a discovery previously considered achievable only in dreams.