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Decoding the Brain with Ed Boyden

Feb 22, 202451 minSeason 1Ep. 46
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Episode description

Greg and Matias interview Ed Boyden about neuroscience frontiers and its applications to mental health.

Ed is a pioneer in understanding the fundamental mechanisms of the brain. He runs a lab at MIT for Synthetic Neurobiology and is a professor across the departments of neurotechnology, biological engineering, and cognitive science at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research. His inventions include optogenetic tools and expansion microscopy. He is co-founder of Cognito Therapeutics, Elemind, TI Solutions, and Synlife, and scientific advisor to several other companies.

In this episode, we discuss…

  • Academia vs. startups for neuroscience advancement
  • Evaluating data vs intuition to assess new technologies
  • Breakthroughs like optogenetics and expansion microscopy
  • How to translate neurotech into companies/commercialization
  • Approaches for clearly communicating and "storytelling" complex science.

Credits:

Created by Greg Kubin and Matias Serebrinsky
Host: Matias Serebrinsky & Greg Kubin
Produced by Jonathan A. DavisNico V. Rey & Caitlin Ner

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Theme music by Dorian Love
Additional Music: Distant Daze by Zack Frank

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