
Nobel Prize 2026: How an Alga Gave Neuroscience a Light Switch
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine honours optogenetics. Meet the scientists who turned a single-celled alga's light sensor into a switch for the brain.

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I help Life Sciences students choose their next step and prepare for it: which exam, which programme, which internship, MSc or PhD, India or abroad.
PsiGenei is how I do this at scale: one platform for Life Sciences exams, research and careers, with free guides for every stage, mock tests built for these exams, courses and mentorship. It grew out of Alig Mentors, which I started at IIT Bombay in 2021. Since then, 300+ students have been mentored, and 50+ went on to IITs, IISc, AIIMS, IISERs and JNU.
On this blog, I write about exams, careers and higher studies in Life Sciences, and what I learn from the students I work with.

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