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Michael Eisenbach is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, conducting research primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, genetics, endocrine and autonomic systems, and reproductive medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover photoreceptor and optogenetics research, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, circadian rhythm and melatonin, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications, neurobiology and insect physiology research, as well as protist diversity and phylogeny.

Publications by Michael Eisenbach include:

  • "CryoEM structures reveal how the bacterial flagellum rotates and switches direction" (2024), Nature Microbiology
  • "Rhodopsin and melanopsin coexist in mammalian sperm cells and activate different signaling pathways for thermotaxis" (2020), Scientific Reports
  • "The switching mechanism of the bacterial rotary motor combines tight regulation with inherent flexibility" (2021), The EMBO Journal
  • "Sperm navigation in humans: a concerted action of multiple means" (2025), Communications Biology
  • "Uncommon opsin's retinal isomer is involved in mammalian sperm thermotaxis" (2024), Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors in their research include Oshri Afanzar, Debarun Roy, Kohava Levi, Prashant K. Singh, and Pankaj Sharma.

Michael Eisenbach has published work in various scientific venues, particularly:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Microbiology
  • The EMBO Journal
  • Communications Biology
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Phosphorylation-dependent binding of a signal molecule to the flagellar switch of bacteria.

    Martin Welch;Kenji Oosawa;Shin-Ichi Aizawa;Michael Eisenbach

  • Sperm guidance in mammals - an unpaved road to the egg.

    Michael Eisenbach;Laura Cecilia Giojalas

  • How signals are heard during bacterial chemotaxis: protein-protein interactions in sensory signal propagation.

    Anat Bren;Michael Eisenbach

  • Sperm capacitation in humans is transient and correlates with chemotactic responsiveness to follicular factors.

    Anat Cohen-Dayag;Ilan Tur-Kaspa;Jehoshua Dor;Shlomo Mashiach

  • Thermotaxis of mammalian sperm cells: A potential navigation mechanism in the female genital tract

    Anat Bahat;Ilan Tur-Kaspa;Anna Gakamsky;Laura C Giojalas

  • Cloning, characterization, and functional expression of acs, the gene which encodes acetyl coenzyme A synthetase in Escherichia coli.

    S Kumari;R Tishel;M Eisenbach;A J Wolfe

  • Sperm Attraction to a Follicular Factor(s) Correlates with Human Egg Fertilizability

    Dina Ralt;Mordechai Goldenberg;Peter Fetterolf;Dana Thompson

  • Correlation between phosphorylation of the chemotaxis protein CheY and its activity at the flagellar motor.

    Rina Barak;Michael Eisenbach

  • The sperm chemoattractant secreted from human cumulus cells is progesterone

    R. Oren-Benaroya;R. Orvieto;A. Gakamsky;M. Pinchasov

  • Control of bacterial chemotaxis

    Michael Eisenbach

  • The N terminus of the flagellar switch protein, FliM, is the binding domain for the chemotactic response regulator, CheY.

    Anat Bren;Michael Eisenbach

  • Human sperm chemotaxis: both the oocyte and its surrounding cumulus cells secrete sperm chemoattractants

    Fei Sun;Anat Bahat;Anna Gakamsky;Eliezer Girsh

  • Restoration of flagellar clockwise rotation in bacterial envelopes by insertion of the chemotaxis protein CheY

    Shoshana Ravid;Philip Matsumura;Michael Eisenbach

  • Mammalian sperm chemotaxis and its association with capacitation.

    Michael Eisenbach

  • Identification of the binding interfaces on CheY for two of its targets the phosphatase CheZ and the flagellar switch protein FliM

    Megan M. McEvoy;Anat Bren;Michael Eisenbach;Frederick W. Dahlquist

  • Chemotaxis of Capacitated Rabbit Spermatozoa to Follicular Fluid Revealed by a Novel Directionality-Based Assay

    Georgina Fabro;Roberto A. Rovasio;Silvia Civalero;Anat Frenkel

  • Human sperm chemotaxis: is progesterone a chemoattractant?

    Bijay S. Jaiswal;Ilan Tur-Kaspa;Ilan Tur-Kaspa;Jehoshua Dor;Shlomo Mashiach

  • Thermotaxis of human sperm cells in extraordinarily shallow temperature gradients over a wide range.

    Anat Bahat;S. Roy Caplan;Michael Eisenbach

  • Sequential acquisition of chemotactic responsiveness by human spermatozoa.

    Anat Cohen-Dayag;Dina Ralt;Ilan Tur-Kaspa;Mira Manor

  • Involvement of opsins in mammalian sperm thermotaxis.

    Serafín Pérez-Cerezales;Sergii Boryshpolets;Oshri Afanzar;Alexander Brandis

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary Cecchini
Gary Cecchini University of California, San Francisco
Miriam Eisenstein
Miriam Eisenstein Weizmann Institute of Science
Hagai Rottenberg
Hagai Rottenberg Drexel University
Haim Breitbart
Haim Breitbart Bar-Ilan University
Victor Sourjik
Victor Sourjik Max Planck Society
David L. Garbers
David L. Garbers The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Alan J. Wolfe
Alan J. Wolfe Loyola University Chicago
Jonathan Kipnis
Jonathan Kipnis Washington University in St. Louis
Frederick W. Dahlquist
Frederick W. Dahlquist University of California, Santa Barbara
Shin-Ichi Aizawa
Shin-Ichi Aizawa Prefectural University of Hiroshima

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