The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, non-profit society of distinguished scholars.

The Warren Alpert Foundation honors scientists whose work has improved the understanding, prevention, treatment or cure of human disease.

Named for one of the original Fellows of the Royal Society, the Croonian Medal and Lecture is the premier lecture in biological sciences.

Ed Boyden together with MIT colleagues Yet  Ming Chiang and Ian W. Hunter have been named to the 2017 class of Fellows of the National…