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American neuroscientist

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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.

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2020Wilhelm Exner Medal
2020Croonian Medal and Lecture
2019Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
2018Canada Gairdner International Award
2018Rumford Prize
2015Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
2015BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
2013The Brain Prize
2013Gabbay Award
2013National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
2011Perl-UNC Prize

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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.

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Born 1979 · age 47
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