Bioengineering
Congratulations, Karl!
Stanford Bioengineering celebrates Dr. Karl Deisseroth, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. The professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences is a pioneering developer of optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control the behavior of cells. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition.
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