The pond scum superpower
Engineering the neural light switch
The rainbow dashboard of the brain
Healing minds and restoring sight
YOUR GOAL
Master of Shining a light on the brain
007skaty Optogenetics
With algal proteins engineered inside the cell, We trigger neurons with a blue light pulse as well.
007skaty Karl Deisseroth and Ed Boyden used algal channelrhodopsin to make cultured rat neurons fire natural electrical signals under
007skaty A futuristic viral delivery truck transports light-sensitive DNA codes to targeted brain cells
Flash of genius: The very first successful experiment to control a mammalian neuron with light happened in the middle of the night on July 1, 2004.
A method of using light to control genetically modified, light-sensitive cells in living tissue. In 2005, Stanford researcher Karl Deisseroth successfully engineered mammalian neurons to respond to pulses of blue light.
Which neuroengineer worked alongside Karl Deisseroth in 2005 to pioneer this genetic light-control technology?
In what year did researchers first successfully activate mammalian brain cells in a dish using channelrhodopsin?
How do scientists deliver light to targeted cells deep inside the brains of living, active laboratory mice?
How do modern scientists deliver the light-sensitive algal gene into specific mammalian brain cells?
In what year was the term 'optogenetics' officially coined to describe this combination of optics and genetics?
On what specific date did Karl Deisseroth first observe a mammalian neuron firing in response to light in his laboratory?
Which Nobel laureate first suggested using light to control specific brain cells in 1979?