A F Harvey Prize Lecture
Optogenetics: Controlling Brain Circuits with Light
19 June 2012 | IET London: Savoy Place
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One prize of £300,000 is awarded annually, honouring an exceptional individual researcher for their outstanding achievements and promising future research.
The IET A F Harvey engineering research prize search and selection committee searches for potential candidates from around the world for the prize, drawing on wide international networks.
The prize money will be used to support further research led by the recipient in specific areas of engineering and technology. The prize was awarded for the first time in 2011 for research in the field of medical engineering.
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Dr Harvey, an IET member, bequeathed a generous sum of money to the IET for a trust fund to be set up in his name after his death.
The terms of the trust specify that the money is to be used for the furtherance of scientific research into the fields of medical, microwave, laser or radar engineering.
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The Prize will be presented by Professor Lord Winston, Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London.
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2011 prize-winner - Ed Boyden, Benesse Career Development Professor, and Associate Professor of Biological Engineering and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, at the MIT Media Lab and the MIT McGovern Institute.
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The A F Harvey lecture will be streamed live as a webcast and will be available to view on the lecture webcast page.
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Programme
18:30 - Registration
19:00 - Award ceremony and lecture
20:00 - Q&A
20.30 - Drinks reception
21:30 - Close
Introduction to the webcast
 | Optogenetics: Controlling Brain Circuits with Light Professor Ed Boyden
A F Harvey Prize Lecture, 19 June 2012, Savoy Place, London |