How an Indian Professor's Research Helped Pave Way for the Nobel-Winning Discovery

How an Indian professor's research helped pave way for the Nobel-winning discovery

Suneel Kateriya is now leading his own laboratory at JNU, where he continues to work on optogenetics, light-sensitive proteins and optobiotechnology.

Nobel Prize 2026: How JNU scientist Suneel Kateriya helped lay the groundwork for optogenetics

JNU professor Suneel Kateriya identified two light-sensing genes in a single-celled alga during his PhD in Germany. More than two decades later, the discovery forms part of the scientific foundation behind optogenetics, the technology recognised by the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

The Indian hand in main discovery linked to 2026 Medicine Nobel

In 2001, JNU's Suneel Kateriya found two light-sensing protein genes in an alga. Four Indian scientists explain the 2026 Medicine Nobel's optogenetics.

JNU’s Nobel Link: Indian Professor’s Research Helped Spark Prize-Winning Discovery

Prof Suneel Kateriya of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, who was a direct PhD student of Nobel laureate Peter Hegemann in Germany between 2000 and 2004.http://dlvr.it/TVpcqJ