Stanford Professor Surprises Kids After Winning Nobel Prize
The Stanford neuroscientist was honored for optogenetics, a method that lets researchers control nerve cells with light.
- On Tuesday, October 6, 2026, Stanford professor Karl Deisseroth was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for pioneering work in Optogenetics, which uses light to control nerve cells.
- Deisseroth shares the honor this year with Peter Hegemann at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, and Georg Nagel. "Optogenetics is a way of turning cells on or off with light," Deisseroth explained.
- Stanford President Jonathan Levin celebrated Deisseroth as both a former student and current faculty member. The University noted Deisseroth is the 37th Nobel Prize laureate from the California institution.
- After receiving the late-night news, the father of five surprised his children Hudson, Sophie, and Emma with the announcement. "Dad, you've won all the prizes!" one child exclaimed.
- Despite his professional success, Deisseroth balances work as a practicing psychiatrist and director of undergraduate education. He makes time daily to prepare sandwiches for Hudson, Sophie, and Emma.
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Karl Deisseroth's sons reacted with hugs and emotion when the scientist told them that he won the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026. The post VIDEO The reaction of the children of the Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine 2026, Karl Deisseroth #6Oct was first published in El Impulso.
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The Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology has distinguished three researchers this Monday for opening a new era in neuroscience with the development of optogenetics, a method that shows how nerve cells form memories, feelings and behaviors in the brain. That method and its discoveries on light-activated ionic channels have given the award to the American Karl Deisseroth and the Germans Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, as highlighted in their ruli…
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