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A new Medium article from our Department explores how optogenetics has transformed neuroscientific research and opened new possibilities for the treatment of brain disorders, and sheds light on the series of early research work undertaken by Professor Gero Miesenböck and his team to evolve this breakthrough technology.

© Gero Miesenböck - in optogenetics, a light beam is used to write information to nerve cells in the brain
Image: Gero Miesenböck
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