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TWiN 76: Light Switches Go To Stockholm
Episode 76
Thursday, 29 October, 2026

TWiN explains the science behind the 2026 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Tim Cheung Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine 2026 (Nobel) Driving fast-spiking cells (Nature) Manipulating synthetic optogenetic odors (Science) Microbial rhodopsin in mammalian neurons (Nat Methods) Deisseroth lectures on optogenetics (iBiology) Cardiogenic control of affective behavioral state (Nature) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv