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Jake Bernstein

Jake Bernstein joined the Boyden lab as an undergraduate during the Fall of his senior year, earned an S.B. in Physics at MIT, and later completed a Ph.D. working on novel architectures for interfacing to the brain for observation and control of neural dynamics. He developed optical fiber arrays for independent multisite neural modulation, and deployed optical stimulators for many experiments in the lab, and in collaborating labs. In the home stretch of his PhD, he worked on on new methods for recording neural data from many neurons in the brain. After graduation, he moved on to work at a neurotechnology startup company.

Publications

Jörg Scholvin, Anthony Zorzos, Justin Kinney, Jacob Bernstein, Caroline Moore-Kochlacs, Nancy Kopell, Clifton Fonstad and Edward S. Boyden (2018) Scalable, Modular Three-Dimensional Silicon Microelectrode Assembly via Electroless Plating, Micromachines 9(9):436.
Jorg Scholvin, Justin Kinney, Jacob Bernstein, Caroline Moore-Kochlacs, Nancy Kopell, Clifton Fonstad, Edward Boyden (2016) Heterogeneous Neural Amplifier Integration for Scalable Extracellular Microelectrodes, 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 2016:2789-2793.
Kinney, J.P., Bernstein, J.G., Meyer, A.J., Barber, J.B., Bolivar, M., Newbold, B., Scholvin, J., Moore-Kochlacs, C., Wentz, C.T., Kopell, N.J., Boyden, E.S. (2015) A direct-to-drive neural data acquisition system, Frontiers in Neural Circuits 9:46.
Bernstein, J.G., Allen, B. D., Guerra, A.A., Boyden, E.S. (2015) Processes for design, construction and utilisation of arrays of light-emitting diodes and light-emitting diode-coupled optical fibres for multi-site brain light delivery, The Journal of Engineering 5:177-184.
Scholvin, J., Kinney, J. P., Bernstein, J. G., Moore-Kochlacs, C., Kopell, N., Fonstad, C.G., Boyden, E. S. (2016) Close-Packed Silicon Microelectrodes for Scalable Spatially Oversampled Neural Recording, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 63(1):120-30.
Kahn, I., Knoblich, U., Desai, M., Bernstein, J., Graybiel, A.M., Boyden, E.S., Buckner, R.L., Moore C.I. (2013) Optogenetic drive of neocortical pyramidal neurons generates fMRI signals that are correlated with spiking activity, Brain Research, 1511:33-45.
Gurkan, U. A., Fan, Y., Xu, F., Erkmen, B., Urkac, E. S., Parlakgul, G., Bernstein, J., Xing, W.*, Boyden, E. S.*, Demirci, U.* (2013) Simple precision creation of digitally specified, spatially heterogeneous, engineered tissue architectures, Advanced Materials 25(8):1192-1198. (* co-corresponding authors)
Chow, B. Y., Han, X., Bernstein, J. G., Monahan, P. E., Boyden, E. S. (2012) Light-Activated Ion Pumps and Channels for Temporally Precise Optical Control of Activity in Genetically Targeted Neurons, p. 305-338, Neuronal Network Analysis: Concepts and Experimental Approaches, edited by Tommaso Fellin and Michael Halassa,Neuromethods Series Volume 67, Humana Press.
Bernstein, J. G., Boyden, E. S. (2011) Optogenetic tools for analyzing the neural circuits of behavior, Trends in Cognitive Sciences 15(12):592-600.
Bernstein, J. G., Garrity, P. A.*, Boyden, E. S.* (2012) Optogenetics and thermogenetics: technologies for controlling the activity of targeted cells within intact neural circuits, Current Opinion in Neurobiology 22(1):61-71. (* co-corresponding authors)
Kahn, I. * Desai, M., Knoblich, U., Bernstein, J., Henninger, M., Graybiel, A. M., Boyden, E. S.*, Buckner, R. L. *, Moore, C. I. * (2011) Characterization of the Functional MRI Response Temporal Linearity via Optical Control of Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons, Journal of Neuroscience 31(42):15086-15091. (* co-corresponding authors)
Wentz, C. T., Bernstein, J. G., Monahan, P., Guerra, A., Rodriguez, A., Boyden, E. S. (2011) A Wirelessly Powered and Controlled Device for Optical Neural Control of Freely-Behaving Animals, Journal of Neural Engineering 8(4):046021.
Chow, B. Y., Han, X., Bernstein, J. G., Monahan, P. E., Boyden, E. S. (2011) Light-Activated Ion Pumps and Channels for Temporally Precise Optical Control of Activity in Genetically Targeted Neurons, Chapter 6, Photosensitive Molecules for Controlling Biological Function, edited by James J. Chambers and Richard H. Kramer, Neuromethods Series Volume 55, Humana Press.
Desai M., Kahn I., Knoblich U., Bernstein J., Atallah H., Yang A., Kopell, N., Buckner R.L., Graybiel A. M., Moore C. I.*, and Boyden E. S.* (2011) Mapping Brain Networks in Awake Mice Using Combined Optical Neural Control and fMRI, Journal of Neurophysiology 105(3):1393-405. (* co-corresponding authors)
Chan, S. Y., Bernstein, J. G., Boyden, E. S. (2010) Scalable Fluidic Injector Arrays for Viral Targeting of Intact 3-D Brain Circuits, Journal of Visualized Experiments 35:1489.
Boyden, E. S., Han, X., Talei Franzesi, G., Chan, S., Bernstein, J., Qian, X., Li, M. (2009) "New Techniques for Investigating Brain Rhythms: Optical Neural Control and Multielectrode Recording," In: Rhythms of the Neocortex: Where Do They Come From and What Are They Good For? (Kopell N., ed.) pp. 65-75. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience.
Han, X.*, Qian, X., Bernstein, J.G., Zhou, H.-H., Talei Franzesi, G., Stern, P., Bronson, R.T., Graybiel, A.M., Desimone, R., and Boyden, E.S.* (2009) Millisecond-Timescale Optical Control of Neural Dynamics in the Nonhuman Primate Brain, Neuron 62(2):191-198. (* co-corresponding authors)
Bernstein, J. G., Han, X., Henninger, M. A., Ko, E. Y., Qian, X., Franzesi, G. T., McConnell, J. P., Stern, P., Desimone, R., and Boyden, E. S. (2008) Prosthetic systems for therapeutic optical activation and silencing of genetically-targeted neurons, Proc Soc Photo Opt Instrum Eng 6854:68540H.

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