#edward boyden

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Эд Бойден - ученый, нейробиолог, глава лаборатории MIT по изучению мозга, человек, пытающийся “разгадать мозг”. Статья - короткие заметки о том, как правильно думать, написанная в начале карьеры. Практически инсайд, я прислушалась что есть силы :)

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This is your brain on diapers: new mindbogglingly cool imaging trick

This is your brain on diapers: new mindbogglingly cool imaging trick

Swollen brain cells – Scientists modified the superabsorbant diaper compound, polyacrylate, to magnify brain tissue. Courtesy of Boyden lab, MIT, Cambridge, MA. NIH

In what NIH describes as “outside-the-box” thinking, an MIT team led by Edward Boyden has found a way to use a diaper ingredient to transform microscopy including brain imaging.

This is cool stuff.

Boyden’s group found that the…

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