What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
Edward S. Boyden spends much of his time researching Neuroscience, Optogenetics, Channelrhodopsin, Biological neural network and Anatomy.
His Neuroscience study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Halorhodopsin.
Edward S. Boyden interconnects Visual cortex, Inhibitory postsynaptic potential, Gamma Rhythm, Neural Inhibition and Opsin in the investigation of issues within Optogenetics.
His Channelrhodopsin research includes elements of Rhodopsin, Bacterial rhodopsins and Gene silencing.
His work deals with themes such as Toolbox, Nerve net, Brain activity and meditation and Brain mapping, which intersect with Biological neural network.
Computer vision and Biomedical engineering is closely connected to Surgical Fasteners in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Anatomy.
His most cited work include:
- Millisecond-timescale, genetically targeted optical control of neural activity. (3290 citations)
- Independent optical excitation of distinct neural populations (1139 citations)
- High-performance genetically targetable optical neural silencing by light-driven proton pumps (903 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Neuroscience, Optogenetics, Biomedical engineering, Biophysics and Microscopy.
His study in Biological neural network, Neuron, Electrophysiology, Stimulation and Hippocampus is carried out as part of his Neuroscience studies.
Channelrhodopsin is the focus of his Optogenetics research.
His study in Biophysics is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Calcium and Fluorescence.
His Microscopy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Microscope and Resolution.
He most often published in these fields:
- Neuroscience (33.40%)
- Optogenetics (23.56%)
- Biomedical engineering (9.28%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Neuroscience (33.40%)
- Microscopy (9.46%)
- Biophysics (10.02%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Edward S. Boyden mainly investigates Neuroscience, Microscopy, Biophysics, Optogenetics and Computational biology.
His Neuroscience study frequently involves adjacent topics like Microglia.
Edward S. Boyden has included themes like Microscope, Polymer, Resolution, Fluorescence microscope and Signal amplification in his Microscopy study.
The Biophysics study combines topics in areas such as Confocal, Calcium, Fluorescence, Electron microscope and In vivo.
His studies deal with areas such as Electrophysiology, Neuromodulation, Biological neural network, Neurotechnology and Opsin as well as Optogenetics.
His study on Computational biology also encompasses disciplines like
- RNA together with Gene expression,
- Cell type and related Neuroanatomy, Brainbow and Inhibitory postsynaptic potential,
- DNA sequencing which is related to area like Genome,
- Cell which intersects with area such as Transgene, Genetically modified mouse and Function.
Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- A Suite of Transgenic Driver and Reporter Mouse Lines with Enhanced Brain-Cell-Type Targeting and Functionality (216 citations)
- A robotic multidimensional directed evolution approach applied to fluorescent voltage reporters. (146 citations)
- Cortical column and whole-brain imaging with molecular contrast and nanoscale resolution (137 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
His primary scientific interests are in Neuroscience, Microscopy, Biophysics, Optogenetics and Stimulation.
His works in Neuron, Cortex, Sensory system, Nucleus accumbens and Oxytocin receptor are all subjects of inquiry into Neuroscience.
His Microscopy study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Biomolecule, Microscope, Signal amplification and Resolution.
His Biophysics study incorporates themes from Confocal, Calcium, Fluorescence, Electron microscope and Biological neural network.
His Optogenetics research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Opsin, Electrophysiology, Neurotechnology and Premovement neuronal activity.
His Stimulation study also includes fields such as
- Visual cortex, which have a strong connection to Neocortex, Auditory cortex, Pathology, Recognition memory and Stimulus modality,
- Prefrontal cortex which intersects with area such as Hippocampal formation.
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