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Overview

Amy Bernard is affiliated with the Kavli Foundation in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields of study, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 27 publications, and Neuroscience with 26 publications. Within these broader fields, their work includes subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Biophysics, Neurology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their main topics of research cover a variety of areas including Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Cell Image Analysis Techniques, Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, and Retinal Development and Disorders.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Amy Bernard include:

  • The Allen Mouse Brain Common Coordinate Framework: A 3D Reference Atlas (2020, Cell)
  • Survey of spiking in the mouse visual system reveals functional hierarchy (2021, Nature)
  • Local connectivity and synaptic dynamics in mouse and human neocortex (2022, Science)
  • Anatomical structures, cell types and biomarkers of the Human Reference Atlas (2021, Nature Cell Biology)
  • Transcriptomic evidence that von Economo neurons are regionally specialized extratelencephalic-projecting excitatory neurons (2020, Nature Communications)

Amy Bernard frequently collaborates with a group of researchers, including Ed S. Lein, John W. Phillips, Hongkui Zeng, Michael Hawrylycz, and Song-Lin Ding, reflecting a network of recurring co-authorship in their field.

The scientist's publications appear regularly in several prominent venues, with multiple contributions to Neuron, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), arXiv (Cornell University), eLife, and The Journal of Comparative Neurology.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain

    Ed S. Lein;Michael J. Hawrylycz;Nancy Ao;Mikael Ayres

  • An anatomically comprehensive atlas of the adult human brain transcriptome

    Michael J. Hawrylycz;Ed S. Lein;Angela L. Guillozet-Bongaarts;Elaine H. Shen

  • A mesoscale connectome of the mouse brain

    Seung Wook Oh;Julie A. Harris;Lydia Ng;Brent Winslow

  • Shared and distinct transcriptomic cell types across neocortical areas

    Bosiljka Tasic;Zizhen Yao;Lucas T. Graybuck;Kimberly A. Smith

  • Adult mouse cortical cell taxonomy revealed by single cell transcriptomics

    Bosiljka Tasic;Vilas Menon;Thuc Nghi Nguyen;Tae Kyung Kim

  • Conserved cell types with divergent features in human versus mouse cortex.

    Rebecca D. Hodge;Trygve E. Bakken;Jeremy A. Miller;Kimberly A. Smith

  • Transcriptional landscape of the prenatal human brain

    Jeremy A. Miller;Song Lin Ding;Susan M. Sunkin;Kimberly A. Smith

  • The Allen Mouse Brain Common Coordinate Framework: A 3D Reference Atlas.

    Quanxin Wang;Song-Lin Ding;Yang Li;Josh Royall

  • Highly multiplexed subcellular RNA sequencing in situ.

    Je Hyuk Lee;Evan R. Daugharthy;Jonathan Scheiman;Reza Kalhor

  • Hierarchical organization of cortical and thalamic connectivity

    Julie A. Harris;Stefan Mihalas;Karla E. Hirokawa;Jennifer D. Whitesell

  • Canonical Genetic Signatures of the Adult Human Brain

    Michael Hawrylycz;Jeremy A. Miller;Vilas Menon;David Feng

  • Single-nucleus and single-cell transcriptomes compared in matched cortical cell types.

    Trygve E. Bakken;Rebecca D. Hodge;Jeremy A. Miller;Zizhen Yao

  • Survey of spiking in the mouse visual system reveals functional hierarchy

    Joshua H. Siegle;Xiaoxuan Jia;Séverine Durand;Sam Gale

  • Inactivating mutations in an SH2 domain-encoding gene in X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome

    Kim E. Nichols;D. Paul Harkin;Seth Levitz;Michael Krainer

  • Convergent transcriptional specializations in the brains of humans and song-learning birds

    Andreas R. Pfenning;Erina Hara;Osceola Whitney;Miriam V. Rivas

  • Anatomical characterization of Cre driver mice for neural circuit mapping and manipulation

    Julie A. Harris;Karla E. Hirokawa;Staci A. Sorensen;Hong Gu

  • Classification of electrophysiological and morphological neuron types in the mouse visual cortex.

    Nathan W. Gouwens;Staci A. Sorensen;Jim Berg;Changkyu Lee

  • Large-Scale Cellular-Resolution Gene Profiling in Human Neocortex Reveals Species-Specific Molecular Signatures

    Hongkui Zeng;Elaine H. Shen;John G. Hohmann;Seung Wook Oh

  • Genomic anatomy of the hippocampus.

    Carol L. Thompson;Sayan D. Pathak;Andreas Jeromin;Lydia L. Ng

  • Comprehensive cellular‐resolution atlas of the adult human brain

    Song‐Lin Ding;Joshua J. Royall;Susan M. Sunkin;Lydia Ng

  • Mind matters: placebo enhances reward learning in Parkinson's disease

    Liane Schmidt;Erin Kendall Braun;Tor D Wager;Daphna Shohamy

  • Inactivating mutations in an SH2 domain-encoding gene in X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (Epstein-Barr virusyimmunodeficiencyylymphoma)

    Kim E. Nichols;Seth Levitz;Michael Krainer;Kathryn Ann Kolquist

Frequent Co-Authors

Ed S. Lein
Ed S. Lein University of Washington
Michael Hawrylycz
Michael Hawrylycz Allen Institute for Brain Science
Hongkui Zeng
Hongkui Zeng Allen Institute for Brain Science
Christof Koch
Christof Koch Allen Institute for Brain Science
Lydia Ng
Lydia Ng Allen Institute for Brain Science
Julie A. Harris
Julie A. Harris University of California, San Francisco
Zizhen Yao
Zizhen Yao Allen Institute for Brain Science
Stefan Mihalas
Stefan Mihalas Allen Institute for Brain Science
Jonathan T. Ting
Jonathan T. Ting Allen Institute for Brain Science
Patrick R. Hof
Patrick R. Hof Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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