Yasmine El-Shamayleh
elshamayleh.bsky.social
Yasmine El-Shamayleh
@elshamayleh.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University's Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute. Investigating how the world takes shape in the brain.

https://el-shamayleh.zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu
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Excited to share the lab’s first publication, co-led by talented postdoc Chuyi Su @chuyisu.bsky.social

We leveraged cell type-specific optogenetics in the macaque cerebral cortex to elucidate the role of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in visual form processing.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Optotagging in primate cortex uncovers excitatory and inhibitory neuron specializations in form vision - Nature Communications
This study leverages cell type-specific optogenetics in the monkey cerebral cortex to elucidate the unique functional contributions of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in visual form processing. The ...
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Reposted by Yasmine El-Shamayleh
More stories like this one, please and thank you www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/s...
The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice
Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.
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September 7, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Reposted by Yasmine El-Shamayleh
We're hiring! PNI is recruiting an assistant professor of neuroscience working with non-human primates in any area.

Review begins Oct 19: apply.interfolio.com/192521

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September 4, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Excited to share the lab’s first publication, co-led by talented postdoc Chuyi Su @chuyisu.bsky.social

We leveraged cell type-specific optogenetics in the macaque cerebral cortex to elucidate the role of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in visual form processing.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Optotagging in primate cortex uncovers excitatory and inhibitory neuron specializations in form vision - Nature Communications
This study leverages cell type-specific optogenetics in the monkey cerebral cortex to elucidate the unique functional contributions of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in visual form processing. The ...
www.nature.com
August 26, 2026 at 6:24 PM