The 2022 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize Lectures
Columbia University has awarded the 2022 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Drs. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Gero Miesenböck, for research that laid the foundation for the field of optogenetics. Each awardee will present a lecture on February 16, 2023. See below for details on the first of three lectures.
Lecture 1
“Optogenetics: Causes, Connections, Mechanisms”
presented by
Gero Miesenböck, MD
Waynflete Professor of Physiology
Director, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour
University of Oxford, UK
Thursday, February 16, 2022 at 10 a.m. EST
Register to attend in-person or virtually
In-person: for CU affiliates | Davis Auditorium (Rm. 412) | Schapiro Center (CEPSR), 530 W. 120th St.
Virtually: for non-CU affiliates and others that cannot attend in person | Zoom webinar link to be provided
Related Calendar Listings
The 2022 Horwitz Prize Lecture 2: “From Algal Vision to Prosthetic Human Vision" given by Peter Hegemann, PhD
The 2022 Horwitz Prize Lecture 3: “The Inner Workings of Channelrhodopsins and Nervous Systems” given by Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD
Related Information
Detailed information on all 2022 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize events
The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize Website
Press Release: The 2022 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize Winners
Past Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize Winners
