{"id":234806,"date":"2026-04-08T07:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/optogenetics-biohybrid-implants-and-the-future-of-brain-computer-interfaces-dr-alan-mardinly"},"modified":"2026-04-08T07:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:04:21","slug":"optogenetics-biohybrid-implants-and-the-future-of-brain-computer-interfaces-dr-alan-mardinly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/optogenetics-biohybrid-implants-and-the-future-of-brain-computer-interfaces-dr-alan-mardinly","title":{"rendered":"Optogenetics, Biohybrid Implants And The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces | Dr. Alan Mardinly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n5vCjbzXcww?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Optogenetics, Biohybrid Implants And The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces \u2014 Dr. Alan Mardinly Ph.D. \u2014 CSO &amp; Co-Founder, Science<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>What if we could restore vision, communicate directly with the brain, and even extend human life\u2014not with machines alone, but with living, engineered biology?<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Alan Mardinly, Ph.D. is the Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder of Science Corp. (<a href=\"https:\/\/science.xyz\/),\">https:\/\/science.xyz\/),<\/a> a neurotechnology company developing next-generation brain interfaces and biohybrid neural implants aimed at restoring human function.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mardinly leads the company\u2019s biohybrid program, focused on combining genetically engineered cells with advanced optical hardware to create optogenetic therapies for vision restoration and new types of brain-machine interfaces.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mardinly has spent more than 15 years working at the intersection of neuroscience, genetics, and neural engineering.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/optogenetics-biohybrid-implants-and-the-future-of-brain-computer-interfaces-dr-alan-mardinly\">Continue reading \u201cOptogenetics, Biohybrid Implants And The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces | Dr. Alan Mardinly\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Optogenetics, Biohybrid Implants And The Future Of Brain-Computer Interfaces \u2014 Dr. Alan Mardinly Ph.D. \u2014 CSO &amp; Co-Founder, Science What if we could restore vision, communicate directly with the brain, and even extend human life\u2014not with machines alone, but with living, engineered biology? Dr. Alan Mardinly, Ph.D. is the Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":400,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1902,3,1523,412,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bioengineering","category-biological","category-computing","category-genetics","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}