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Edward Boyden

(1979) Molecular Biologist

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Edward Boyden is a molecular biologist.

Quick Facts About Edward Boyden

Born: August 18, 1979
Profession: Molecular Biologist
Notable works: Genetics of exceptional human longevity, interstitial cystitis, and hereditary myopathies

About Edward Boyden

Edward S. Boyden is an American neuroscientist and entrepreneur at MIT. He is the Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology, and a full member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. He is recognized for his work on optogenetics and expansion microscopy. Boyden joined the MIT faculty in 2007, and continues to develop new optogenetic tools as well as other technologies for the manipulation and analysis of brain structure and activity. He received the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Edward Boyden · Page 2

One of the things that got me transitioning from physical science to brain science was asking, Why do we understand so much…

Asking

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These disorders - schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, depression, addiction - they not only steal our time to live, they change who we are.

Addiction

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I worry that we don't have a very good definition of consciousness yet which makes it hard to tackle.

Consciousness

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What I'm really interested in is this idea of a 'brain co-processor' - a device that can record from, and deliver information…

Between

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I would argue that if you understand how the cells of the brain are organized into circuits, almost computational circuits if you…

Arguing

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It's actually kind of weird that we can comprehend the law of gravity, or that we can understand quantum mechanics, enough at…

Computer

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I think the definition will change as we learn more, but my working definition of solving the brain is: one, we can…

Alzheimer

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We don't have a "consciousness meter" that'll tell us exactly how conscious something is. I think we might get there eventually.

Conscious

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If our brain is understanding some parts of the universe and not understanding other parts, and those understandings are about the laws…

Brain

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For the last century of neuroscience, lots of people have tried to control neurons using all sorts of different technologies - pharmacology…

Aim

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When I'm talking to somebody, I'll put a piece of paper on the table and I'll write what I call a conversation…

Communication

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I often try to think about, What sounds like a bad idea, but if you find the right plan of attack, it's…

Angle

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