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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

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Matthew Banghart and Richard Kramer find that light-activated ion channels are capable of controlling neuronal firing

2004

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Anding Bi and Zhuo-Hua Pan endow non-photoreceptor retinal cells with light sensitivity via optogenetics

2006

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Francis Crick hypothesizes that light may be able to control specific neurons

1979

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Edward Boyden and Karl Deisseroth first coin the term optogenetics

2005

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