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Ed Boyden: How to develop technologies worthy of a Nobel prize | Optogenetics & Expansion Microscopy

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Photo by Mitchell Y on Unsplash

via Neuroscience and Beyond

Nov. 21, 2025

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Professor Ed Boyden, who holds a joint appointment in Media Arts and Sciences (the academic program at the Media Lab) and the McGovern Institute, joins Neuroscience and Beyond for a wide-ranging conversation about everything from breakthrough technologies like optogenetics and expansion microscopy, to the challenges inherent in studying consciousness.

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