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Decoding the Brain with Ed Boyden
Manage episode 402380691 series 2738732
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. Davis, Nico V. Rey & Caitlin Ner
Find us at businesstrip.fm and psymed.ventures
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!
Theme music by Dorian Love
Additional Music: Distant Daze by Zack Frank
59 episodes
Manage episode 402380691 series 2738732
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. Davis, Nico V. Rey & Caitlin Ner
Find us at businesstrip.fm and psymed.ventures
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!
Theme music by Dorian Love
Additional Music: Distant Daze by Zack Frank
59 episodes
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