Fieldnotes
Karl Deisseroth awarded with Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2026
Film portrait by Imagining Science 2017
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics”.
In 2017, the NOMIS Foundation commissioned Imagining Science to produce a film portrait of Karl Deisseroth. The film was created by students participating in the Imagining Science Film Masterclass.