LocationEdwards Auditorium, URI Kingston Campus Description
Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
Location3-133 DescriptionProfessor at the MIT Media Lab, joint Professor at the MIT Department of Biological Engineering and the MIT Depart…
Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology
Education, Technology, Equity: Nichole Pinkard and Deb Roy in conversation with J. Philipp Schmidt.
LocationTED, Long Beach, CA Description
Research Scientist
Deb Roy talks to Delaware Public Media about social media, the spread of misinformation, trolling and abuse, content moderation, and more.
LocationMIT Media Lab, E14 6th Floor Description
LocationTobacco Dock, London Description
Former Research Affiliate
Deb Roy talks to Amina Asim about the ways misinformation spreads on social media and what kinds of damage it can cause.
The award recognizes outstanding contributions within the realm of scientific photography.
Education, Technology, Equity: Nichole Pinkard and Deb Roy in conversation with J. Philipp Schmidt.
Named for one of the original Fellows of the Royal Society, the Croonian Medal and Lecture is the premier lecture in biological sciences.
LocationThe Banff Centre DescriptionTEDSummit is a new five-day event for the most engaged members of the global TED community. The gatheri…
LocationHalf Moon Bay, CA Description
LocationBioConference Live Description
The Knight Institute was established by Columbia University and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in 2016.
Deb Roy talks to McKinsey about the many ways audience, voice, and medium combine to create compelling stories.
LocationTED, Long Beach, CA Description
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows honors those who have made out…
The Commission's members are drawn from government, research and academia, civil society, public service, and private industry.
Neuroscientist Ed Boyden discussing two inventions of his that have revolutionized neuroscience: optogenetics and expansion microscopy.
In the 1990s, the Media Lab was one of the first organizations to recognize that we were rapidly approaching an era where the channel could…
LocationSavoy Place, London, UK Description
In a recent lecture, Deb Roy discussed social media, democracy, and the continuing importance of local, in-person conversations.
Former Research Assistant
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Ed Boyden is in the MIT Media Lab and McGovern Institute, and a professor in the Departments of Biological Engineering and Brain and Cogniti
Boyden, E. S. (2013) Interview with Edward S. Boyden, Trends in Neurosciences 36(1):1-2.
A conversation between Ed Boyden and Tyler Cowen on optogenetics and expansion microscopy to storytelling and the nature of consciousness.
The Warren Alpert Foundation honors scientists whose work has improved the understanding, prevention, treatment or cure of human disease.
Entrepreneurial science award recognizes scientists whose work opens up “new dimensions of economic progress."
"I was always very philosophical as a kid, wondering about the meaning of life and what should we do."
Eric Topol, editor-in-chief of Medscape, interviews Synthetic Neurobiology head Ed Boyden.
Edward S. Boyden received $3 million for his role in the development of optogenetics
Boyden’s research creates and applies technologies that aim to expand our understanding of the brain.
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, non-profit society of distinguished scholars.
I think we ought to integrate the maps of the brain, the dynamics of the brain, and the ability to control the brain into single coherent d…
With the help of flashing lights and materials used in diapers, we could find out what thoughts are made of.
Neuroscience hasn’t been the same since Ed Boyden arrived on the scene. As a trainee at Stanford, Boyden helped develop a technique that al…
Boyden is certainly a wellspring of innovative ideas—but more than this, he is a scientific pioneer.
MIT scientist is among three recognized for the discovery of optogenetics.
2018 Canada Gairdner International Awardee “for the discovery of light-gated ion channel mechanisms, and for the discovery of optogenetics"
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has named 19 new HHMI Investigators, including Synthetic Neurobiology head Ed Boyden.
On October 7, 2017, Media Lab director Joi Ito and professor Ed Boyden were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, among …
LocationE14-525 DescriptionTim Wu will talk about his new book, The Master Switch, and more generally about the cycles in innovation and in…
LocationE14-633 DescriptionProfessor Perlin will present recent research in procedural modeling, responsive animation, pressure-sensitive i…
LocationWiesner Room DescriptionThe nature of construction has remained intensely manual throughout recorded history. Unlike in manufactur…
LocationWiesner Room DescriptionJeremy Bailenson is founding director of Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab and an assista…
LocationWiesner Room DescriptionBart Hopkin will talk about musical instruments and sound, with the following question as a starting point:…
Former Member Relations Manager
LocationMIT Media Lab, Building E14, 6th Floor DescriptionThe first two years of a child's life is a period of remarkable development, espe…
LocationWiesner Room DescriptionCorporations have well-refined methods of product development, brand development, management, production, a…
MIT faculty members are among 19 top scientists selected from across the nation.
The MIT-Royalty Pharma Prize Competition aims to support female faculty entrepreneurs in biotechnology.