Huge congratulations to my PhD mentor @deisseroth.bsky.social on the Nobel Prize!! So well deserved! His work has transformed neuroscience. My years in his lab were among the most exciting of my life as a scientist -- what an incredible privilege!!

Nobel Prize@nobelprize.org · 3w ago

BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”

Congratulations to our first Nobel Prize laureate of 2026 🎉 Early this morning Karl Deisseroth found out he was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He seems very happy with the news!

Peanut butter just out of reach and unpleasant heat are an odd pair. Some of the same hypothalamic neurons respond to both. Following those cells revealed a functional division in LH GABAergic circuits. New in Cell Reports 🧵 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... 1/8

Delighted to share our new paper in @natmetabolism.nature.com: “Parabrachial neurons orchestrate cold-induced homeostatic responses” We identify a physiologically defined PBCold population that coordinates a remarkably broad repertoire of cold-adaptive responses. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Parabrachial neurons orchestrate cold-induced homeostatic responses - Nature Metabolism

Using activity-dependent genetic labelling in mice, the authors identify cold-activated neurons in the parabrachial nucleus that coordinate autonomic, metabolic, behavioural and affective adaptations ...

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Very nice to see our work accompanied by a News & Views from Óscar Freire-Agulleiro and Miguel López. Many thanks for this thoughtful perspective on PBCold neurons, cold adaptation, and their implications for energy metabolism! ❄️🧠

Nature Metabolism@natmetabolism.nature.com · 3mo ago

Thanks @natmetabolism.nature.com! Very happy to see this study out. ❄️🧠

Nature Metabolism@natmetabolism.nature.com · 3mo ago

Excited to begin a six-month sabbatical @rockefeller.edu. Deeply grateful to Dr. Jeffrey Friedman—whose discovery of leptin opened a new molecular era in understanding obesity and energy balance—for the opportunity to work in his laboratory. Looking forward to the science and collaborations ahead!

🧠 Neural Circuit Lab @SeoulNatlUni invites exceptional overseas researchers for the prestigious 2026 Brain Pool Fellowship! 🇰🇷 Funding up to 350 million KRW/yr covering competitive salary, living stipends, and full benefits. Please share! 🔁 #Neuroscience #Postdoc #JobAlert

#Gastronauts #Biosphere2 in the middle of the Sonoran Desert 🌵 Morning yoga, sunrise run to the old campus (w/ Elena Gracheva), incredible Southwestern food, wild turkey chase, and the Milky Way every night! Truly beyond a conference. science, nature, and people made it sacred.

Some pics from Avi, Alex, and Scott's visit to Seoul. Learned so much at both SNU Symposium on Neural Circuits for Thermoregulation (and feeding behavior ;) + #icomes2025. Thanks for inspiring science, great conversations, and fun times! Many thanks as well to my amazing students and staff as well.

The legendary mouse-brain cake with “optic fiber” candles and a “laser stimulation” demo at our lab’s 10th anniversary 🤣🧠🔥 From a tiny seedling to a fruitful tree — all thanks to you. Deeply grateful!

A fantastic day at the SNU Neuro-Chemical-Metabolism Symposium! 🧠 Brilliant talks on body–brain communication, metabolism & circuits—thanks to our speakers, students & colleagues for making it a success! #Neuroscience #Metabolism #BrainBody

🧠Neural Circuit lab at Seoul National U invites exceptional postdoc researchers from abroad under the prestigious Brain Pool Fellowship (300-900 million KRW/yr covering salary, airfare, relocation, child education, and insurance support. Please RT🔁! sungyonkimlab.org

A drop of milkshake takes a wild ride as it passes through the body. Rachel and Kiersten and the team came up with cool strategies for visualizing food passing through the mouse GI tract and mapping the activity of the same 100s of brainstem neurons across weeks during feeding and other behaviors.

Rachel Essner@rachelessner.bsky.social · 2y ago

I’m so excited to share our preprint on how brainstem neurons sense and integrate multiple body signals during food consumption. We imaged 1000s of neurons across the lateral parabrachial nucleus (LPBN) in behaving mice. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Unforgettable moments honoring @deisseroth.bsky.social, recipient of the Asan Award in Medicine! Watch this great video highlighting his groundbreaking contributions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOzK... Proud to celebrate this historic achievement in Seoul. Cheers, Karl! 🎉 #AsanAward #Neuroscience

Welcome to Bluesky! and thank you @sykneuro.bsky.social‬! Of course, I was the lucky one, honored to have you in my lab... Looking forward to seeing you again in March!

Sung-Yon Kim@sykneuro.bsky.social · 2y ago

Recognized for "the discovery of light-gated ion channel mechanisms and the development of optogenetics." Honored to have had him as my PhD advisor (2009–2013)—was a true privilege to witness his groundbreaking work transform neuroscience. Can’t wait for the ceremony on Mar 18!

Excited to share that @deisseroth.bsky.social has been announced as a laureate of the 2025 Asan Medical Award in Basic Medicine, one of Korea's top science honors!🎉 Congratulations, Karl!! n.news.naver.com/mnews/articl...