Congratulations to Prof. Edward Boyden who was one of five scientists presented with the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences last night. Prof Boyden was honored in recognition of his scientific research, specificaly for “transformative advances toward understanding living systems and extending human life.”

The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences honors transformative advances toward understanding living systems and extending human life.
The prize was founded in 2013 by Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Yuri and Julia Milner, and Jack Ma and Cathy Zhang.

Press coverage:

Edward Boyden wins 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
MIT physicists share prize in fundamental physics; Larry Guth and Liang Fu win New Horizons Prizes.
MIT News , November 9, 2015

Breakthrough Prizes Give Top Scientists the Rock Star Treatment
New York Times, November 8, 2015