January 27, 2016 Boyden awarded BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for developing optogenetic tools (BBVA, 1/26/2016) See Story PDF
January 27, 2016 Edward Boyden wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (MIT News, 1/27/2016) See Story PDF
January 26, 2016 Scientists responsible for optogenetics distinguished with the Frontiers of Knowledge award (BBVA, 1/26/2016) See Story PDF
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