Home | News | A Light Switch for Neurons: Ed Boyden at TED2011 A Light Switch for Neurons: Ed Boyden at TED2011 Anne Trafton | March 3, 2011May 24, 2023 Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email In this talk presented at the 2011 TED conference, Ed Boyden describes a radical new technology for controlling brain activity with light. Ten years of bigger samples, better views Leslie Vosshall awarded the 2025 Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience An ancient RNA-guided system could simplify delivery of gene editing therapies See all news