neuroscientist, psychiatrist, writer optogenetics.org karldeisseroth.org https://www.amazon.com/Projections-Story-Emotions-Karl-Deisseroth/dp/1984853694https://bsky.app/profile/deisseroth.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/deisseroth.bsky.social/post/3mqbhhrytks2oCongratulations @kangyongloh.bsky.social, Spencer Zhao, @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social, and the whole team– including my longtime and wonderful collaborator Zhenan Bao– for this key step in our journey toward genetically-targeted chemical assembly in biology. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-026-02195-610 Jul 2026 05:53 +0000at://did:plc:qmmohi6hskhsvqbw46eflibx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbhhrytks2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/deisseroth.bsky.social/post/3mnb25ybxhk2lDirectional elements: the preprints are out! 1/n Congratulations to our amazing team: https://biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.27.726039v2 https://biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.27.726038v1 https://biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.27.728040v1 We screened for principles governing global brain dynamics by developing a set of new methods: 1) conformal immersion microscopy;01 Jun 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:qmmohi6hskhsvqbw46eflibx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnb25ybxhk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/deisseroth.bsky.social/post/3mh55gsfpsc2oGreat work from Claire, Ravi, and the whole team– the initial lifelong continuous screen of behaving vertebrates provided a wealth of ideas on progression/staging of brain function across lifespan. Behavior is unmatched as a noninvasive quantitative readout of brain function (and, one that matters). [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Mar 2026 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:qmmohi6hskhsvqbw46eflibx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh55gsfpsc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/deisseroth.bsky.social/post/3m6awkqgzis2uThank you @samvesuna.bsky.social‬ and the whole secret cake team! And congrats to all the amazing laboratory and clinical presenters from our program– the surprise cake got us through (I had forgotten how physically challenging being a poster presenter can be). I'll train harder for next year... [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Nov 2025 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:qmmohi6hskhsvqbw46eflibx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6awkqgzis2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/deisseroth.bsky.social/post/3m5wmmt65nc2cOur microbial-opsin work (and most of the field ) is basic science, but it was intriguing to review clinical progress–direct & indirect–with a wonderful team of co-authors t.co/JrJen2WGBV & adapt a fig. of PMID:28912215 (2017) with my long-time collaborator Peter Hegemann (pic: a memory from 2017).18 Nov 2025 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:qmmohi6hskhsvqbw46eflibx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wmmt65nc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/deisseroth.bsky.social/post/3ltxu5aeb6c2mcongratulations Neil! NAS is lucky to have you leading the way... [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2025 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:qmmohi6hskhsvqbw46eflibx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltxu5aeb6c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/deisseroth.bsky.social/post/3lqeizln73k2wCongratulations to our Human Neural Circuitry team; bit.ly/4dEyX7Z publishes today in Science! This was the hardest challenge of my career, but one of the most rewarding, after years of rebuilding– & expanding my inpatient neuropsychiatry in the service of basic discovery https://bsky.app/profile/deisseroth.bsky.social/post/3kgb2fvovyl2e [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 May 2025 05:32 +0000at://did:plc:qmmohi6hskhsvqbw46eflibx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqeizln73k2w