Nobel Prize 2026: Karl Deisseroth Shares News of His Award with Family

This video shows Stanford University professor Karl Deisseroth sharing the news of his Nobel Prize win with his family. The first Nobel Prize of 2026 in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to American Karl Deisseroth and his two German colleagues, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, for their significant contributions to optogenetics.

Optogenetics technology enables the control and monitoring of nerve cells within a living brain. The Nobel Committee highlighted that these three scientists have laid the “foundation for a new era in neuroscience.”