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OptoLight
Optogenetics is one of the newest and most promising fields in science. The possibilities of what can be done with it are practically limitless. Want to learn exactly how new it is? View the timeline below!
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Edward Callaway and Larry Katz find that glutamate, a neurotransmitter, can stimulate neurons upon light activation
1993
Matthew Banghart and Richard Kramer find that light-activated ion channels are capable of controlling neuronal firing
2004
Anding Bi and Zhuo-Hua Pan endow non-photoreceptor retinal cells with light sensitivity via optogenetics
2006
Francis Crick hypothesizes that light may be able to control specific neurons
1979
Edward Boyden and Karl Deisseroth first coin the term optogenetics
2005
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