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Edward Boyden

Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology
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How sensory gamma rhythm stimulation clears amyloid in Alzheimer’s mice

The study, co-authored by Ed Boyden, finds stimulating key brain rhythms with light + sound could drive clearance of an Alzheimer’s protein.
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Imaging method reveals new cells and structures in human brain tissue

The new imaging method is based on expansion microscopy, which was developed in Professor Ed Boyden’s lab in 2015.
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All the possibilities of the cleanroom

Jorg Scholvin talks to MIT News about his range of experiences at MIT, including current work as an assistant director at MIT.nano.
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Microscopy technique reveals hidden nanostructures in cells and tissues

Separating densely packed molecules before imaging allows them to become visible for the first time.
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New Bionics Center Established at MIT with $24 Million Gift

The center is funded by a $24 million gift to MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research from philanthropist Lisa Yang.
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Member collaboration: Kioxia Corporation and Synthetic Neurobiology

The teamwork demonstrated by members of Kioxia and Boyden’s lab highlights the myriad of skill sets found within the Media Lab community.
April 7, 2021
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A high-resolution glimpse of gene expression in cells

Expanding tissue samples before sequencing allows researchers to pinpoint locations of RNA molecules.
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Sequencing inside cells

A new approach to DNA sequencing gives researchers a direct view of genomes in their native environment
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New approach reveals genomes' sequence and structure directly within cells

In situ DNA sequencing method lets researchers study genomes in their native environment
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New paper describes DNA sequencing procedure that provides a direct look at genomes

On work conducted by Edward Boyden and research assistants Andrew Payne and Paul Reginato from the Synthetic Neurobiology research group
Jan. 5, 2021
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Imaging method reveals a “symphony of cellular activities”

Fluorescent imaging technique simultaneously captures different signal types from multiple locations in a live cell.
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Meet the Labbers

Meet the Labbers, which ran from 2016–2018, was an ongoing audio series that took listeners inside the Media Lab.
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A focused approach to imaging neural activity in the brain

New molecule for imaging calcium in neurons reduces crosstalk from neighboring neurons.
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A noninvasive method for deep brain stimulation

Electrodes placed on the scalp could help patients with brain diseases.
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Ed Boyden wins prestigious Wilhelm Exner Medal

Entrepreneurial science award recognizes scientists whose work opens up “new dimensions of economic progress."
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Comments contextualizing the Goodwin Procter report

I am writing this statement to clarify my interactions with Jeffrey Epstein as noted in the Goodwin Procter report, with the hope of provid…
Feb. 28, 2020
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Deblina Sarkar joins the MIT Media Lab faculty

New research group aims to bridge the gap between nanotechnology and synthetic biology.
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In-cell sequencing reveals genome’s natural geometry

A new method for sequencing the genome of an intact single cell may help researchers understand how key autism genes are regulated.
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New method visualizes groups of neurons as they compute

Fluorescent probe could allow scientists to watch circuits within the brain and link their activity to specific behaviors.
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Ed Boyden receives 2019 Lennart Nilsson Award

The award recognizes outstanding contributions within the realm of scientific photography.
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Neuroscientist Ed Boyden is decoding the brain with the power of light

With the help of flashing lights and materials used in diapers, we could find out what thoughts are made of.
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Ed Boyden awarded the Croonian Medal and Lecture 2020

Named for one of the original Fellows of the Royal Society, the Croonian Medal and Lecture is the premier lecture in biological sciences.
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Ed Boyden awarded 2019 Warren Alpert Prize, with Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Gero Miesenböck

The Warren Alpert Foundation honors scientists whose work has improved the understanding, prevention, treatment or cure of human disease.
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Three from MIT elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2019

Faculty members Edward Boyden, Paula Hammond, and Aviv Regev recognized for “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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Ed Boyden elected to National Academy of Sciences

Boyden’s research creates and applies technologies that aim to expand our understanding of the brain.
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Ed Boyden elected to the National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, non-profit society of distinguished scholars.
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Ed Boyden on minding your brain

A conversation between Ed Boyden and Tyler Cowen on optogenetics and expansion microscopy to storytelling and the nature of consciousness.
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Alana gift to MIT launches Down syndrome research center, technology program for disabilities

Foundation’s $28.6 million gift will fund science, innovation, and education to advance understanding, ability, and inclusion.
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Ed Boyden named one of six recipients of the Rumford Prize for co-developing optogenetics

Ed Boyden, Ernst Bamberg, Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, Gero Miesenböck, and Georg Nagel awarded one of America's oldest science prizes.
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Thanks to rapid, 3D imaging, anyone can tour the fly brain

A new fly-through of the fly brain allows anyone to whizz past neurons and visit any of the 40 million synapses where neurons touch neuron.
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‘Taste of the future’: New microscopy technique captures stunning images of a fly’s brain

Ed Boyden and collaborators combine expansion microscopy with lattice light-sheet microscopy to capture detailed images of the brain.
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Mapping the brain at high resolution

New 3D imaging technique can reveal, much more quickly than other methods, how neurons connect throughout the brain.
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MIT invents method to shrink objects to nanoscale using basic lab equipment

Some say bigger is better, but researchers at MIT will tell you that when it comes to tech, smaller things are far more impressive.
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Team invents method to shrink objects to the nanoscale

The technique, known as “implosion fabrication,” can be used to create nearly any shape imaginable.
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From brain prostheses to the 3D brain: Ed Boyden on the future of neuroscience

Boyden is certainly a wellspring of innovative ideas—but more than this, he is a scientific pioneer.
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Ed Boyden on "How to invent game-changing technologies"

Neuroscientist Ed Boyden discussing two inventions of his that have revolutionized neuroscience: optogenetics and expansion microscopy.
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Ed Boyden at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Symposium—Brains and Behavior
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Ed Boyden and Feng Zhang named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators

MIT faculty members are among 19 top scientists selected from across the nation.
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Six local biomed researchers awarded $8 million apiece, with no strings attached

Because the funding has no strings attached, HHMI investigators are free to pursue their wildest scientific ideas.
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Ed Boyden one of 19 new Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has named 19 new HHMI Investigators, including Synthetic Neurobiology head Ed Boyden.
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10+ years of Human 2.0

Revisit Human 2.0, a 2007 Media Lab symposium focused on the future of human adaptability.
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Optogenetics: understanding the brain, one flash of light at a time

A powerful tool to excite neurons using light is helping researchers to map the brain’s connections.
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Congratulations to Ed Boyden on being inducted as an AIMBE Fellow

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows honors those who have made out…
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Statement regarding the relationship between the MIT Media Lab and Nectome

In response to questions being raised about the relationships of Professor Ed Boyden and MIT with the company Nectome, the MIT Media Lab is…
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Congratulations to Ed Boyden on receiving the 2018 Canada Gairdner International Award!

2018 Canada Gairdner International Awardee “for the discovery of light-gated ion channel mechanisms, and for the discovery of optogenetics"
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Ed Boyden receives 2018 Canada Gairdner International Award

MIT scientist is among three recognized for the discovery of optogenetics.
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Archon: A fluorescent voltage indicator for imaging neural activity

Fluorescent sensor allows imaging of neurons' electrical communications, without electrodes
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A neurobiologist thinks big — and small

Ed Boyden advances on his goal of understanding how the brain works.
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National Academy of Inventors Announce 2017 NAI Fellows

Ed Boyden together with MIT colleagues Yet  Ming Chiang and Ian W. Hunter have been named to the 2017 class of Fellows of the National…
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Ed Boyden: Creating tools and disrupting neuroscience

I think we ought to integrate the maps of the brain, the dynamics of the brain, and the ability to control the brain into single coherent d…
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Next-generation optogenetic molecules control single neurons

Focused laser beam could help scientists map connections among neurons that underlie behavior
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Joi Ito and Ed Boyden inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

On October 7, 2017, Media Lab director Joi Ito and professor Ed Boyden were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, among …
Oct. 11, 2017
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Ten researchers from MIT and Broad receive NIH Director’s Awards

Awards support high-risk, high-impact biomedical research.
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Media Lab speakers at the 2017 Forbes Under 30 Summit

The 2017 Forbes Under 30 Summit will take place October 1-4 at venues throughout the Boston area. The event will feature more than 200 spea…
Sept. 29, 2017
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Ed Boyden and optogenetics: The future of neuroscience

Eric Topol, editor-in-chief of Medscape, interviews Synthetic Neurobiology head Ed Boyden.