Meet Feng Zhang
Meet Feng Zhang
(4:12) Feng Zhang, a member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, is designing new molecular tools for manipulating the living brain. As a student, he played a major role in the development of optogenetics, a technology by which the brain's electrical activity can be controlled ...
Meet Ed Boyden
Meet Ed Boyden
(4:27) Ed Boyden, a member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, develops new strategies for manipulating brain activity. He uses a wide variety of technologies to find new and more potent ways to alter brain function, for both research and therapeutic purposes. A major goal of ...
Networks Understanding Networks, Pt. 2
Networks Understanding Networks, Pt. 2: Ed Boyden
Ed Boyden: "Neural Networks Understanding Neural Networks"
Optogenetics: A light switch for neurons
Optogenetics: A light switch for neurons
This animation illustrates optogenetics -- a radical new technology for controlling brain activity with light. Ed Boyden, the co-inventor of this technology, is a professor at the MIT Media Lab and at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, where he continues to develop new technologies ...
Optogenetics: Controlling the brain with light
Optogenetics: Controlling the brain with light
This animation illustrates optogenetics — a radical new technology for controlling brain activity with light.
Ed Boyden TED Talk: A Light Switch for Neurons
Ed Boyden TED Talk: A Light Switch for Neurons
(18:39) In this talk presented at the 2011 TED conference, Ed Boyden describes a radical new technology for controlling brain activity with light. Ed Boyden is a professor at the MIT Media Lab and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. TED Conference: Long ...
Blind Mice, No Longer
Blind Mice, No Longer
In a study published on April 19, 2011 in the journal Molecular Therapy, researchers at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT and the University of Southern California used optogenetic technology to restore vision in blind mice.Learn more about the study and the McGovern Institute ...
Short Introduction to the McGovern Institute
Short Introduction to the McGovern Institute
(2:49) This short video, narrated by Director Robert Desimone, provides an overview of the Institute including our goals, our research interests, and our accomplishments. Key interviews include McGovern Investigators Ann Graybiel, James DiCarlo, Ki Goosens, and Nancy ...
Ed Boyden: National Science Foundation interview
Ed Boyden: National Science Foundation interview
The National Science Foundation interviewed Ed Boyden about his study published in the January 7 2010 issue of Nature. Results: Boyden's team developed a powerful new class of tools to reversibly shut down brain activity using different colors of light. When targeted ...
Welcome to the McGovern Institute
Welcome to the McGovern Institute
(20:11) This award-winning video provides viewers with an intimate tour of the McGovern Institute and it explores the tools our researchers are using to unlock the mystery of the human brain. It shows how our research is pushing the frontiers of technology and providing new insights into ...