Keynote: Edward Boyden, “Optical Tools for Observing and Controlling Biological Systems”

Talk given by Edward Boyden during ELMI2022 entitled ”Optical Tools for Observing and Controlling Biological Systems”.
Ed Boyden is Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology at MIT, an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the MIT McGovern Institute, and professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. He leads the Synthetic Neurobiology Group, which develops tools for analyzing and repairing complex biological systems, such as the brain, and applies them systematically to reveal ground truth principles of biological function. He has received the Wilhelm Exner Medal, the Croonian Medal, the Canada Gairdner International Award, and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
ELMI2022 was held in Turku (Finland) in June 2022 and organised by Turku Bioimaging.