December 21, 2015 Hertz Fellow Ed Boyden Taking Optogenetics to the Next Level and Wins the $3 Million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (Hertz Foundation, 12/21/2015) See Story PDF
November 20, 2015 2016 Breakthrough Prizes Feature Three Neuroscientists (NIH NINDS, 11/20/2015) See Story PDF
November 11, 2015 Breakthrough Prize Winner Edward S. Boyden on Science Celebs, Our Brains, and $3 Million (Inverse, 11/11/2015) See Story PDF
November 10, 2015 Optogenetics pioneers claim Breakthrough Prize (Optics.org, 11/10/2015) See Story PDF
November 10, 2015 Optogenetics Pioneers Ed Boyden, Karl Deisseroth, Gero Miesenböck Garner International Research Prizes (Photonics.com, 11/10/2015) See Story PDF
November 09, 2015 Edward Boyden wins 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (MIT News, 11/9/2015) See Story PDF
November 09, 2015 These brilliant scientists each won $3 million for discovering a way to turn brain cells on or off using light (Business Insider, 11/9/2015) See Story PDF
November 09, 2015 These Amazing Scientists Shared This Year's $22M Breakthrough Prizes (Gizmodo, 11/9/2015) See Story PDF
November 09, 2015 Breakthrough Prize Looks to Stars to Shine on Science (New York Times, 11/9/2015) See Story PDF
November 09, 2015 Life Scientists Honored with Breakthrough Prize (The Scientist, 11/9/2015) See Story PDF