Neuroengineering and the MIT TR35 innovators

Posted by A Neurodudes Reader at 11:44 PM EST

Today MIT’s Technology Review magazine released its annual list of innovators under the age of 35 who were nominated for recognition. Interestingly, almost a full quarter are doing work relating to or impacting the field of neuroengineering — including ways to tag synapses with quantum dots, activate neurons remotely, improve machine vision, classify whole-brain states for prosthetic purposes, and make nanowire arrays.

http://www.technologyreview.com/TR35/

2 Responses to “Neuroengineering and the MIT TR35 innovators”

  1. Neville Says:

    I should add that for the channelrhodopsin fans, there’s a guy mentioned in the TR35 who is using ChR to turn on bacterial genes:
    A vision in bacteria: Chris Voigt

  2. Ed Boyden Says:

    I think it’s a slightly different, but related, photoreceptor. It’s a phytochrome that operates by altering its own propensity for autophosphorylation.

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