Karl Deisseroth

Prix

1. 2013

   Prix du Cerveau

   Biologie

   For their invention and refinement of optogenetics.

2. 2018

   Prix international Canada Gairdner

   Biologie

   For the discovery of light-gated ion channel mechanisms, and for the discovery of optogenetics, a technology that has revolutionized neuroscience.

3. 2018

   Prix Kyoto — Technologie avancée

   Informatique

   Discovery of Optogenetics and Development of Causal Systems Neuroscience.

4. 2021

   Prix Lasker — Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Biologie

   For the discovery of light-sensitive microbial proteins that can activate or silence individual brain cells and for their use in developing optogenetics—a revolutionary technique for neuroscience

5. 2023

   Prix Japon — Sciences de la vie

   Biologie

   for the development of methods that use genetically addressable light-sensitive membrane proteins to unravel neural circuit function.