23-year-old nudge led Ed Boyden to optogenetics — now a Nobel Prize
rand_longevity · x · 2026-10-05
Physicist Alex Weygent published an article recalling that today's Nobel Prize for the discoveries behind optogenetics traces back to his encouragement of Ed Boyden around 2003, when Weygent was an MIT undergrad deciding on graduate directions. Reposted by randlongevity, who added that "we are going to start solving all the big questions — by far the most exciting time to be alive."
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