All Stories

  1. Synapses in the spotlight with synthetic optogenetics

    Article • EMBO Reports, April 2017, EMBO

    Dr Shai Berlin

  2. A family of photoswitchable NMDA receptors

    Article • eLife, March 2016, eLife

    Dr Shai Berlin

  3. A Quantitative Model of the GIRK1/2 Channel Reveals That Its Basal and Evoked Activities Are Controlled by Unequal Stoichiometry of Gα and Gβγ

    Article • PLoS Computational Biology, November 2015, PLOS

    Dr Shai Berlin

  4. Photoactivatable genetically encoded calcium indicators for targeted neuronal imaging

    Article • Nature Methods, July 2015, Nature

    Dr Shai Berlin

  5. Paper-trail index: Can a metric that captures a paper's history of submission and rejection give insight into its value and encourage good authorship practices?

    Article • EMBO Reports, July 2015, EMBO

    Dr Shai Berlin

  6. Two-photon brightness of azobenzene photoswitches designed for glutamate receptor optogenetics

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Shai Berlin

  7. A Spinal Opsin Controls Early Neural Activity and Drives a Behavioral Light Response

    Article • Current Biology, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Shai Berlin

  8. Recruitment of Gβγ controls the basal activity of G‐protein coupled inwardly rectifying potassium (GIRK) channels: crucial role of distal C terminus of GIRK1

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Shai Berlin

  9. Preferential Association with Gβγ Over Gα Governs the Activity of a G Protein-Activated K+ Channel

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Shai Berlin

  10. Deficient Regulation of Gbetagamma Effectors by Fluorescently Labeled Galpha i3 Subunits Reveals Distinct Aspects of Coupling to GIRK and Cav2.2 Channels

    Article • Biophysical Journal, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Shai Berlin

  11. Non Channel Function of Kv2.1 to Facilitate Exocytosis; Underlying Molecular Mechanism

    Article • Biophysical Journal, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Shai Berlin

  12. It takes two to tango

    Article • EMBO Reports, February 2010, EMBO

    Dr Shai Berlin

  13. Mathematical Model of Basal and Agonist-Dependent GIRK Channel Activity

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Shai Berlin

  14. The Human Muscarinic Receptor Couples to GαI3 Via Catalytic Collision

    Article • Biophysical Journal, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Shai Berlin

  15. Rearrangements in the Relative Orientation of Cytoplasmic Domains Induced by a Membrane-anchored Protein Mediate Modulations in Kv Channel Gating

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, August 2009, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Shai Berlin

  16. Divergent regulation of GIRK1 and GIRK2 subunits of the neuronal G protein gated K+channel by GαiGDPand Gβγ

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, July 2009, Wiley

    Dr Shai Berlin

  17. Both “Constitutively-active” and “Inactive” Gαi3 Mutants Interact with GIRK1/2 Heterotetramer

    Article • Biophysical Journal, February 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Shai Berlin

  18. Diverse Regulation of the Neuronal G-Protein Gated K+ Channel (GIRK), GIRK1 and GIRK2 by Gα and Gβγ

    Article • Biophysical Journal, February 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Shai Berlin

  19. Metabolic Rate Prediction by Massless Actigraphy for Outdoor Activities

    Article • Military Medicine, August 2007, AMSUS

    Dr Shai Berlin

  20. Gαi3primes the G protein-activated K+channels for activation by coexpressed Gβγ in intactXenopusoocytes

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, May 2007, Wiley

    Dr Shai Berlin

  21. Psychostimulants and Military Operations

    Article • Military Medicine, April 2007, AMSUS

    Dr Shai Berlin