# @optica.worldwide on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DeHl4afl36L
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71470432-opticaworldwide-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-10-05T16:02:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Optica (@optica.worldwide) — https://gondola.cc/optica.worldwide

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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine honors one of the most impactful applications of light in the life sciences: Optogenetics.

Optogenetics gives researchers the ability to control selected neural circuits with light with high spatial and temporal precision, providing a powerful way to establish links between neural activity, behavior and disease.

Researchers worldwide now use optogenetics to trace the neural circuits behind memories, emotions and behaviors.

Read more about #NobelLaureates Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel and their research at the link in our bio.

#Optogenetics #Neuroscience #NobelPrize #Medicine #LifeScience
[Image credits: Christopher P. Michel; Millencolin, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons]

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nobellaureates, neuroscience, lifescience, optogenetics, medicine, nobelprize

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