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Ofer Yizhar

A mosquito on a notebook. Photo by Dr. Jonas Wietek
11.05.2021

New versions of light-sensitive proteins could illuminate the dark corners of our brain’s communication pathways 

Abstract image of two mice
15.06.2020

A study of mice in a semi-natural setting shows how the hormone oxytocin can amplify aggression as well as friendliness

Tal Tamir and Dr. Dana Rubi Levy
13.02.2020

How are social cues encoded in our brains – and in the brains of those on the autistic spectrum? 

Dr. Ofer Yizhar
10.01.2019

Dr. Ofer Yizhar has been awarded the Sir Bernard Katz Prize from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology

An entire mouse brain viewed from above: Neuronal extensions connect the two amygdalas
14.03.2017

Weakening communication between two parts of the brain in mice reduced their fear levels

Yizhar, Chen and Prinz
17.11.2016

A method for switching neurons on and off with light helps pinpoint anxiety neurons in the brain

Red and green dots reveal a region in the brain that that is very dense with synapses. A special fluorescent protein allows Dr. Ofer Yizhar and his group to record the activity of the synapses
16.03.2016

Targeting axons uncovers the brain's distance communications 

Japanese and Israeli scientists at the Advances in Brain Sciences conference
21.01.2015

The Advances in Brain Sciences conference was held at the Weizmann Institute and hosted with the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan

Mouse hippocampus containing two different types of channelrhodopsins. The green fluorescence marks axons entering into the hippocampal CA1 region, and the red fluorescence is expressed in the dentate gyrus part of the hippocampus (inverted V-shaped structure)
11.06.2012

Dr. Ofer Yizhar investigates the brain’s circuitry with tiny pulses of light