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“The weak link in understanding ourselves is really about understanding how our brains generate our minds and how our minds generate our selves,” says MIT Neuroscientist Ed Boyden. Explore how optogenetics stands to bridge the gap.
Part 5 of 12 featuring MIT Neuroscience Professor Ed Boyden. Google Glass Footage filmed at the Synthetic Neurobiology Lab, MIT syntheticneurobiology.org
Questions? Contact mitneurotech at mit dot edu.
We graciously thank the following groups for epic video footage (in order of appearance):
Neuron activity in 3d and Explained Optogenetics- boyden lab vid
youtube.com/watch?v=8Dotiqbtvoo
Your google earth screen capture
NIH unraveling the mystery of Alzheimer’s disease-pbs news hour
Visualizing video at the speed of light one trillion frames per second-Mit media lab
What is a seizure- UCBEaction
Monitoring spontaneous synaptic activity in neurons with gcamp6s- youtube
channel JTingMIT
Glutmamate-induced Ca wave in low-density astrocyte culture- smith lab at
Stanford
Imaging reveals pattern in neuron firing- youtube channel oistedu
Super slow motion light bulb burning out- GE Research
Differentiation of hippocampal neuron in culture- youtube user Leticia Peris
The Cortical Column- Cajal Blue Brain
CREDITS:
Edited by Luke Hollyer
Filmed by Amy Concannon
Music by Julian Samal
MIT Neurotech Logo by Beth Almeida
Logo animation by Brad Paivia
Produced by Maxine Jonas and Claire O’Connell
Directed by Amy Robinson
MIT Neurotech is a series based on a class created by Alan Jasanoff, Ed Boyden and Maxine Jonas at MIT's Center for Neurobiological Engineering (http://web.mit.edu/cnbe/). This EdX experiment is supported by MITx (edx.org/school/mitx/allcourses). Media created by EyeWire (eyewire.org/)
Explore MIT Neurotech at neurotech.eyewire.org
“The weak link in understanding ourselves is really about understanding how our brains generate our minds and how our minds generate our selves,” says MIT Neuroscientist Ed Boyden. Explore how optogenetics stands to bridge the gap.
Part 5 of 12 featuring MIT Neuroscience Professor Ed Boyden. Google Glass Footage filmed at the Synthetic Neurobiology Lab, MIT syntheticneurobiology.org
Questions? Contact mitneurotech at mit dot edu.
We graciously thank the following groups for epic video footage (in order of appearance):
Neuron activity in 3d and Explained Optogenetics- boyden lab vid
youtube.com/watch?v=8Dotiqbtvoo
Your google earth screen capture
NIH unraveling the mystery of Alzheimer’s disease-pbs news hour
Visualizing video at the speed of light one trillion frames per second-Mit media lab
What is a seizure- UCBEaction
Monitoring spontaneous synaptic activity in neurons with gcamp6s- youtube
channel JTingMIT
Glutmamate-induced Ca wave in low-density astrocyte culture- smith lab at
Stanford
Imaging reveals pattern in neuron firing- youtube channel oistedu
Super slow motion light bulb burning out- GE Research
Differentiation of hippocampal neuron in culture- youtube user Leticia Peris
The Cortical Column- Cajal Blue Brain
CREDITS:
Edited by Luke Hollyer
Filmed by Amy Concannon
Music by Julian Samal
MIT Neurotech Logo by Beth Almeida
Logo animation by Brad Paivia
Produced by Maxine Jonas and Claire O’Connell
Directed by Amy Robinson
MIT Neurotech is a series based on a class created by Alan Jasanoff, Ed Boyden and Maxine Jonas at MIT's Center for Neurobiological Engineering (http://web.mit.edu/cnbe/). This EdX experiment is supported by MITx (edx.org/school/mitx/allcourses). Media created by EyeWire (eyewire.org/)
