The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, announced yesterday, has been awarded to Peter Hegemann, Karl Deisseroth, and Georg Nagel for their pioneering work leading to the development of optogenetics, based on the breaking research of Hegemann with the small green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
The Genetic Improvement Unit of Photosynthetic Organisms (https://www.uhu.es/rensma/presentacion-mgm/) is privileged to have Peter Hegemann among their collaborators.
Peter is a collaborative and generous scientist, and we have had the opportunity to carry out some very interesting work together on gene editing in microalgae (https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.70811). It is a great source of pride and a privilege to have the opportunity to work with him.