Toward a Digital Mind: Mapping, Modulating & Modeling the Brain | Ed Boyden | IIA @MIT 2025

Ed Boyden (MIT) shares two decades of breakthroughs in neurotechnology—optogenetic control, high-speed voltage imaging, and “diaper-expansion” brain mapping—and lays out a bold roadmap for simulating whole brains in silicon. Learn how:

Light-Driven Control (Optogenetics) – Harness algae proteins to precisely turn neurons on/off with flashes of light.

Ultra-Fast Brain-Wide Imaging – Use next-generation microscopes to watch tens of thousands of neurons fire in real time.

Scale-Up Brain Mapping – Chemically “blow up” tissue uniformly to trace every wire and molecule across millimeter-scale samples.

Multi-Scale Simulation Pipeline – Combine live-data, anatomical wiring, and deep-learning models to predict brain activity—and pinpoint interventions for disorders like Alzheimer’s and blindness.

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