Ofer Yizhar
Neuroscientist at the Weizmann Institute. Neural circuits for social behavior, memory and decisions; developer of optogenetic tools. Outside the lab, it’s family, running, music in many forms.
- Reposted by Ofer YizharThe field is buzzing about work on brain-computer interfaces for speech, the mechanism of psychedelics, a broader definition of hippocampal representations and more. www.thetransmitter.org/community/th... #neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
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- Really cool stuff! Engineered excitatory opsins responding to 15nW light
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- Excited to share our latest paper - now out in @science.org - we showed how oxytocin modulates maternally-directed behavior in young mice (P15).
- This study was ignited by the discovery that oxytocin receptors reach peak expression in the brain during early life - both in humans and rodents! In mice, P14-21 and in humans from birth to 3 years. We wondered how oxytocin contributes to behavior at this critical period in an animal's lifetime.
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- Reposted by Ofer YizharFirst post on Bluesky!✨ (1/7) Far-red dopamine sensor is coming! Excited to introduce our chemigenetic DA sensor, HaloDA1.0! #Dopamine #FarRedSensors, #GRAB www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Reposted by Ofer YizharUpon popular demand I created a started pack for people interested in Deep Brain Stimulation! Lmk if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/B9A9Choat://did:plc:a3ro6t24egkaynetgsd3ih7s/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3latgyearzo2c
- Reposted by Ofer YizharHow to rebuild your network on @bsky.app and improve your experience here? I made a short starter guide with resources. www.neuronaldynamics.eu/resources/bl... Also, a thread 🧵 below.
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- Many people have asked me what's the deal with "SIO" in our Addgene vectors (www.addgene.org/Ofer_Yizhar/) - we use these in most of our Cre-dependent AAVs - so here's a brief explanation of how it works.
- SIO is an acronym for "single-floxed inverted ORF (open reading frame" (which makes it a nested acronym!) - @mmahn.bsky.social made these vectors when he was trying to optimize Cre-based AAV expression.
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- Reposted by Ofer YizharWe’re seeking a postdoc/student excited about animal communication, brain-wide circuits, microscopy, singing fish (Danionella), wacky ideas and who likes to: get things done, experiment, analyze, ask, learn, help and cooperate. jlab.berlin
