2019 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize

For the development of optogenetics as a way to control the activity of specific circuits in the nervous system, for their understanding and control

The 2019 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize was received by four exceptional scientists for "the development of optogenetics as a way to control the activity of specific circuits in the nervous system, to determine their function and ultimately to control them to treat neurological and psychiatric disorders. "

_{Gero Miesenböck}_,_{Founding Director of the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at the University of Oxford, UK}

_{Edward Boyden}_{, Co-Director of the MIT Center for Neurobiological Engineering, Boston, USA}

_{Karl Deisseroth}_{, Stanford University/HHMI, USA}

_{Peter Hegemann}_{, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Germany}

Warren Alpert Foundation Prize Recipients / Warren Alpert Foundation

2019 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize

Gero Miesenböck, Founding Director of the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at the University of Oxford, UK

Edward Boyden, Co-Director of the MIT Center for Neurobiological Engineering, Boston, USA

Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University/HHMI, USA

Peter Hegemann, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Germany

_{Gero Miesenböck}_,_{Founding Director of the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at the University of Oxford, UK}

_{Edward Boyden}_{, Co-Director of the MIT Center for Neurobiological Engineering, Boston, USA}

_{Karl Deisseroth}_{, Stanford University/HHMI, USA}

_{Peter Hegemann}_{, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Germany}