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.https://bsky.app/profile/oyiz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/oyiz.bsky.social/post/3lz3ivh5cnk2xReally cool stuff! Engineered excitatory opsins responding to 15nW light [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2025 04:23 +0000at://did:plc:rfbdgvfuecdny5z62sttxphh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz3ivh5cnk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/oyiz.bsky.social/post/3lynkvdyfnk22Excited to share our latest paper - now out in @science.org - we showed how oxytocin modulates maternally-directed behavior in young mice (P15).12 Sep 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:rfbdgvfuecdny5z62sttxphh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lynkvdyfnk22https://bsky.app/profile/oyiz.bsky.social/post/3lbzo52dgh226Many 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. https://www.addgene.org/Ofer_Yizhar/-28 Nov 2024 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:rfbdgvfuecdny5z62sttxphh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbzo52dgh226https://bsky.app/profile/oyiz.bsky.social/post/3lastxcyhok2lHello bluesky please accept this offering of a picture from my recent run with @franklandlab.bsky.social13 Nov 2024 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:rfbdgvfuecdny5z62sttxphh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lastxcyhok2l