Michael Yartsev
Associate Professor, Bioengineering Associate Professor, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute Associate Professor, Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute
Office Address: 282 Li Ka Shing
Email: myartsev@berkeley.edu
For more information, see: https://www.michaelyartsev.com/
Office hours: Zoom, make appointment by email
Research areas:
Bioinstrumentation
Our lab seeks to understand the neural basis of complex spatial and acoustic behaviors. We advance and develop technologies for studying neural activity in freely behaving and flying bats and apply those to our investigation of their neural circuits. An example is our recent development of methods for wireless recording of neural activity from freely flying bats. We plan to develop technologies for optogenetic control and imaging of neural activity in freely behaving and apply these tools in our studies. We aim to uncover basic principles of brain function that are general across mammals.
Education
- 2012 PhD, Neurobiology, Weizmann institute, advisor Nachum Ulanovsky
- 2007 M.Sc, Biomedical Engineering, Ben Gurion University, Advisor Dr. Opher Donchin
- 2006 B.Sc, Biomedical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University
Experience & Training
- July 2022 Associate Professor, UC Berkeley, Department of Bioengineering and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
- July 2015 Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley, Department of Bioengineering and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
- 2012 – present CV Starr Fellow at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, with Carlos Brody
Honors & Awards
- 2015 The Brain Initiative EAGER award from the National Science Foundation.
- 2015 The Beverly Sackler fund for Convergence Research.
- 2015 Konishi Neuroethology Research Award, International Society of Neuroethology.
- 2014 Sieratzki Prize for Advances in Neuroscience
- 2014 ISEF International Post-Doctoral Fellowship
- 2013 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology
- 2013 Donald B. Lindsley prize in Behavioral Neuroscience, Society of Neuroscience
- 2013 ISEF Lily Safra Award in Scientific Research
- 2013 The John F. Kennedy PhD Distinction Prize
- 2012 ELSC Brain Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2012 Young Investigator Award, International Society of Neuroethology
- 2012 Capranica Prize, International Society of Neuroethology
- 2012 CV Starr Fellowship, Princeton University
- 2011 Katzir Foundation award
- 2010 National institute for Psychobiology award
- 2009 Lev-Zion Excellence Predoctoral fellowship
2024
Elie, Julie E.; Muroy, Sandra E.; Genzel, Daria; Na, Tong; Beyer, Lisa A.; Swiderski, Donald L.; Raphael, Yehoash; Yartsev, Michael M.
Role of auditory feedback for vocal production learning in the fruit bat Journal Article
In: CURRENT BIOLOGY, vol. 34, no. 17, 2024, ISSN: 0960-9822.
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Snyder, Madeleine C.; Qi, Kevin K.; Yartsev, Michael M.
Neural representation of human experimenters in the bat hippocampus Journal Article
In: NATURE NEUROSCIENCE, vol. 27, no. 9, 2024, ISSN: 1097-6256.
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Snyder, Madeleine C.; Yartsev, Michael M.
Hippocampal neurons encode identities and positions of human experimenters Journal Article
In: NATURE NEUROSCIENCE, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 1632, 2024, ISSN: 1097-6256.
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Wirthlin, Morgan E.; Schmid, Tobias A.; Elie, Julie E.; Zhang, Xiaomeng; Kowalczyk, Amanda; Redlich, Ruby; Shvareva, Varvara A.; Rakuljic, Ashley; Ji, Maria B.; Bhat, Ninad S.; Kaplow, Irene M.; Schaffer, Daniel E.; Lawler, Alyssa J.; Wang, Andrew Z.; Phan, BaDoi N.; Annaldasula, Siddharth; Brown, Ashley R.; Lu, Tianyu; Lim, Byung Kook; Azim, Eiman; Clark, Nathan L.; Meyer, Wynn K.; Pond, Sergei L. Kosakovsky; Chikina, Maria; Yartsev, Michael M.; Pfenning, Andreas R.; Consortium, Zoonomia
Vocal learning-associated convergent evolution in mammalian proteins and regulatory elements Journal Article
In: SCIENCE, vol. 383, no. 6690, 2024, ISSN: 0036-8075.
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title = {Vocal learning-associated convergent evolution in mammalian proteins and
regulatory elements},
author = {Morgan E. Wirthlin and Tobias A. Schmid and Julie E. Elie and Xiaomeng Zhang and Amanda Kowalczyk and Ruby Redlich and Varvara A. Shvareva and Ashley Rakuljic and Maria B. Ji and Ninad S. Bhat and Irene M. Kaplow and Daniel E. Schaffer and Alyssa J. Lawler and Andrew Z. Wang and BaDoi N. Phan and Siddharth Annaldasula and Ashley R. Brown and Tianyu Lu and Byung Kook Lim and Eiman Azim and Nathan L. Clark and Wynn K. Meyer and Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond and Maria Chikina and Michael M. Yartsev and Andreas R. Pfenning and Zoonomia Consortium},
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2023
Forli, Angelo; Yartsev, Michael M.
Hippocampal representation during collective spatial behaviour in bats Journal Article
In: NATURE, vol. 621, no. 7980, pp. 796+, 2023, ISSN: 0028-0836.
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2022
Halley, Andrew C.; Baldwin, Mary K. L.; Cooke, Dylan F.; Englund, Mackenzie; Pineda, Carlos R.; Schmid, Tobias; Yartsev, Michael M.; Krubitzer, Leah
Coevolution of motor cortex and behavioral specializations associated with flight and echolocation in bats Journal Article
In: CURRENT BIOLOGY, vol. 32, no. 13, pp. 2935+, 2022, ISSN: 0960-9822.
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