Ed Boyden
@eboyden3
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Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology, MIT. Investigator, HHMI. Leader, Synthetic Neurobiology Group. Inventor. Entrepreneur.
MIT and HHMI, Cambridge, MA
Joined November 2008
RT @mcgovernmit: We are thrilled to announce that Sven Dorkenwald @sdorkenw will join the McGovern Institute faculty in January 2026! 🎉 . S….
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The McGovern Institute and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences are pleased to announce the appointment of Sven Dorkenwald as an assistant professor starting in January 2026. A trailblazer...
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RT @mcgovernmit: As part of our recent 25th anniversary celebration, our Director Bob Desimone reflected on some of our greatest accomplish….
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RT @Convergent_FROs: "Academic research groups and startups are essential drivers of scientific progress. But some projects, like the Hubbl….
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RT @E11BIO: MIT News featured the origin story of Focused Research Organizations and @E11BIO coming out of @eboyden3's lab with @AdamMarble….
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Developed by former MIT researchers, focused research organizations (FROs) undertake large research efforts and have begun to contribute to scientific advances.
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RT @cenmag: Researchers combined in situ sequencing with expansion microscopy to get more spatial insight into how stretches of the genome….
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Researchers combine expansion microscopy with sequencing to probe chromatin organization
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RT @CarolineComenho: Super excited that Expansion In Situ Genome Sequencing (ExIGS) is out now in @ScienceMagazine ! . Check out the paper….
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Microscopy and genomics are used to characterize cell function, but approaches to connect the two types of information are lacking, particularly at subnuclear resolution. Here, we describe expansion...
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RT @broadinstitute: A new combination technique enables DNA sequencing and high-resolution imaging in intact cells — offering new insights….
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RT @ajaylabade31: ExIGS advances the field of "expansion genomics," dramatically reshaping how we see and understand genome organization by….
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RT @ajaylabade31: Thrilled to announce that our work on Expansion In Situ Genome Sequencing (ExIGS) is now published in @ScienceMagazine!.E….
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Microscopy and genomics are used to characterize cell function, but approaches to connect the two types of information are lacking, particularly at subnuclear resolution. Here, we describe expansion...
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RT @johncumbers: 5- Ed Boyden @eboyden3 argued that true understanding will require biologically accurate computer simulations of the brai….
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RT @protocollabs: 🎥Revisit the discussion on the intricate complexity of brain circuitry with @eboyden3, renowned MIT professor and directo….
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RT @GalHaspel: Fun with worms on @WIRED .We've been thinking about how #celegans can revolutionize science again, t….
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One of the simplest, most over-studied organisms in the world is the C. elegans nematode. For 13 years, a project called OpenWorm has tried—and utterly failed—to simulate it.
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RT @sabrina_absalon: Ten years of bigger samples, better views .Thank you so much Jennifer Michalowski @mcgovernmit….
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Nearly 150 years ago, scientists began to imagine how information might flow through the brain based on the shapes of neurons they had seen under the microscopes of the time. With today’s imaging...
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RT @protocollabs: MIT’s @eboyden3 is pioneering methods like expansion microscopy to create detailed 3D maps of neural structures, enhancin….
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RT @PiatkevichL: Whole-ExM for super-resolution imaging of entire embryonic and neonatal mouse bodies under conventional confocal microscop….
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RT @mcgovernmit: With a pair of new methods, @eboyden3 is expanding the capabilities of expansion microscopy so researchers everywhere can….
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In biology, seeing can lead to understanding, and researchers in Edward Boyden’s lab at MIT’s McGovern Institute are committed to bringing life into sharper focus. With a pair of new methods, they...
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RT @Andrew_C_Payne: Fantastic deep dive on our mission to map entire human and mouse brains, and the #connectomics field by @AlexandraBalwi….
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