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2026-10-07 05:40:37

Where #optogenetics is closest to patients: "blind people with retinitis pigmentosa" insidebci.com/news/2026-10-07-

Nobel laureate Karl Deisseroth says light-based brain-computer interfaces will take a little time to build
Karl Deisseroth of Stanford University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute shares the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, announced on 5 October, with Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University of Berlin and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, the method of making chosen nerve cells switch on or off in response to light. Asked what the work means for neurotechnology devices, Deisseroth said brain-computer interf…

@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2026-10-06 11:57:14

Optogenetics for retinitis pigmentosa: sight from algae #optogenetics

Optogenetics for Retinitis Pigmentosa: Sight From Algae
How optogenetics restored limited sight in retinitis pigmentosa using an algae gene, and where the therapy stands in 2026. A retina specialist explains.

@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2026-08-27 11:00:16

Optotagging in primate cortex uncovers excitatory and inhibitory neuron specializations in form vision #optogenetics

Optotagging in primate cortex uncovers excitatory and inhibitory neuron specializations in form vision - Nature Communications
This study leverages cell type-specific optogenetics in the monkey cerebral cortex to elucidate the unique functional contributions of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in visual form processing. The findings contribute to a more detailed mechanistic understanding of high-level vision in primates.

@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2026-09-18 21:53:28

José-Alain Sahel receives António Champalimaud Vision Award for his work to restore sight using #optogenetics medschool.pitt.edu/news/jos-al

José-Alain Sahel Receives António Champalimaud Vision Award | School of Medicine | University of Pittsburgh
José-Alain Sahel, Distinguished Professor, Eye and Ear Foundation Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, at the University of Pittsburgh and director of the UPMC Vision Institute, received the prestigious António Champalimaud Vision Award together with his colleague Botond Roska, of the Institute for Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel,