Associate Professor
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory
William Scandling Developmental Chair
Wirthlin, M.E., Schmid, T.A., Elie, J.E., Zhang, X., Kowalczyk, A., Redlich, R., Shvareva, V.A., Rakuljic, A., Ji, M.B., Bhat, N.S., Kaplow, I.M., Schäffer, D.E., Lawler, A.J., Wang, A.Z., Phan, B.N., Annaldasula, S., Brown, A.R., Lu, T., Lim, B.K., Azim, E., , Clark, N.L., Meyer, W.K., Pond, S.L.K., Chikina, M., Yartsev, M.M., Pfenning, A.R., Andrews, G., Armstrong, J.C., Bianchi, M., Birren, B.W., Bredemeyer, K.R., Breit, A.M., Christmas, M.J., Clawson, H., Damas, J., Di Palma, F., Diekhans, M., Dong, M.X., Eizirik, E., Fan, K., Fanter, C., Foley, N.M., Forsberg-Nilsson, K., Garcia, C.J., Gatesy, J., Gazal, S., Genereux, D.P., Goodman, L., Grimshaw, J., Halsey, M.K., Harris, A.J., Hickey, G., Hiller, M., Hindle, A.G., Hubley, R.M., Hughes, G.M., Johnson, J., Juan, D., Kaplow, I.M., Karlsson, E.K., Keough, K.C., Kirilenko, B., Koepfli, K.P., Korstian, J.M., Kowalczyk, A., Kozyrev, S.V., Lawler, A.J., Lawless, C., Lehmann, T., Levesque, D.L., Lewin, H.A., Li, X., Lind, A., Lindblad-Toh, K., Mackay-Smith, A., Marinescu, V.D., Marques-Bonet, T., Mason, V.C., Meadows, J.R.S., Meyer, W.K., Moore, J.E., Moreira, L.R., Moreno-Santillan, D.D., Morrill, K.M., Muntané, G., Murphy, W.J., Navarro, A., Nweeia, M., Ortmann, S., Osmanski, A., Paten, B., Paulat, N.S., Pfenning, A.R., Phan, B.N., Pollard, K.S., Pratt, H.E., Ray, D.A., Reilly, S.K., Rosen, J.R., Ruf, I., Ryan, L., Ryder, O.A., Sabeti, P.C., Schäffer, D.E., Serres, A., Shapiro, B., Smit, A.F.A., Springer, M., Srinivasan, C., Steiner, C., Storer, J.M., Sullivan, K.A.M., Sullivan, P.F., Sundström, E., Supple, M.A., Swofford, R., Talbot, J.E., Teeling, E., Turner-Maier, J., Valenzuela, A., Wagner, F., Wallerman, O., Wang, C., Wang, J., Weng, Z., Wilder, A.P., Wirthlin, M.E., Xue, J.R., Zhang, X. Vocal learning-associated convergent evolution in mammalian proteins and regulatory elements. (2024) Science.:eabn3263 DOI: 10.1126/science.abn3263
Chung, B., Zia, M., Thomas, K.A., Michaels, J.A., Jacob, A., Pack, A., Williams, M.J., Nagapudi, K., Teng, L.H., Arrambide, E., Ouellette, L., Oey, N., Gibbs, R., Anschutz, P., Lu, J., Wu, Y., Kashefi, M., Oya, T., Kersten, R., Mosberger, A.C., O'Connell, S., Wang, R., Marques, H., Mendes, A.R., Lenschow, C., Kondakath, G., Kim, J.J., Olson, W., Quinn, K.N., Perkins, P., Gatto, G., Thanawalla, A., Coltman, S., Kim, T., Smith, T., Binder-Markey, B., Zaback, M., Thompson, C.K., Giszter, S., Person, A., Goulding, M., Azim, E., Thakor, N., O'Connor, D., Trimmer, B., Lima, S.Q., Carey, M.R., Pandarinath, C., Costa, R.M., Pruszynski, J.A., Bakir, M., Sober, S.J. Myomatrix arrays for high-definition muscle recording. (2023) Elife. 12. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.88551
Butler, D.J., Keim, A.P., Ray, S., Azim, E. Large-scale capture of hidden fluorescent labels for training generalizable markerless motion capture models. (2023) Nature Communications. 14(1):5866. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41565-3
Chung, B., Zia, M., Thomas, K.A., Michaels, J.A., Jacob, A., Pack, A., Williams, M.J., Nagapudi, K., Teng, L.H., Arrambide, E., Ouellette, L., Oey, N., Gibbs, R., Anschutz, P., Lu, J., Wu, Y., Kashefi, M., Oya, T., Kersten, R., Mosberger, A.C., O'Connell, S., Wang, R., Marques, H., Mendes, A.R., Lenschow, C., Kondakath, G., Kim, J.J., Olson, W., Quinn, K.N., Perkins, P., Gatto, G., Thanawalla, A., Coltman, S., Kim, T., Smith, T., Binder-Markey, B., Zaback, M., Thompson, C.K., Giszter, S., Person, A., Goulding, M., Azim, E., Thakor, N., O'Connor, D., Trimmer, B., Lima, S.Q., Carey, M.R., Pandarinath, C., Costa, R.M., Pruszynski, J.A., Bakir, M., Sober, S.J. Myomatrix arrays for high-definition muscle recording. (2023) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.21.529200
Low, A.Y.T., Goldstein, N., Gaunt, J.R., Huang, K.P., Zainolabidin, N., Yip, A.K.K., Carty, J.R.E., Choi, J.Y., Miller, A.M., Ho, H.S.T., Lenherr, C., Baltar, N., Azim, E., Sessions, O.M., Ch'ng, T.H., Bruce, A.S., Martin, L.E., Halko, M.A., Brady, R.O., Holsen, L.M., Alhadeff, A.L., Chen, A.I., Betley, J.N. Reverse-translational identification of a cerebellar satiation network. (2021) Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04143-5
Conner, J.M., Bohannon, A., Igarashi, M., Taniguchi, J., Baltar, N., Azim, E. Modulation of tactile feedback for the execution of dexterous movement. [Pubmed] (2021) Science. 374(6565):316-323. DOI: 10.1126/science.abh1123
Karashchuk, P., Rupp, K.L., Dickinson, E.S., Walling-Bell, S., Sanders, E., Azim, E., Brunton, B.W., Tuthill, J.C. Anipose: A toolkit for robust markerless 3D pose estimation. (2021) Cell Reports. 36(13):109730. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109730
Thanawalla, A.R., Chen, A.I., Azim, E. The cerebellar nuclei and dexterous limb movements. (2020) Neuroscience. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.06.046
Azim, E., Seki, K. Gain control in the sensorimotor system. (2019) Current Opinion in Physiology. 8:177-187. DOI: 10.1016/j.cophys.2019.03.005
Tuthill, J.C., Azim, E. Proprioception. (2018) Current Biology. 28(5):R194-R203. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.01.064
Kishi, N., MacDonald, J.L., Ye, J., Molyneaux, B.J., Azim, E., Macklis, J.D. Reduction of aberrant NF-κB signalling ameliorates Rett syndrome phenotypes in Mecp2-null mice. (2016) Nature Communications. 7:10520. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10520
Azim, E., Alstermark, B. Skilled forelimb movements and internal copy motor circuits. (2015) Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 33:16-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.12.009
Jiang, J., Azim, E., Ekerot, C.F., Alstermark, B. Direct and indirect spino-cerebellar pathways: shared ideas but different functions in motor control. (2015) Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 9:75. DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2015.00075
Azim, E. Neuroscience. Shortcuts and checkpoints on the road to skilled movement. (2014) Science. 346(6209):554-5. DOI: 10.1126/science.1260778
Fink, A.J., Croce, K.R., Huang, Z.J., Abbott, L.F., Jessell, T.M., Azim, E. Presynaptic inhibition of spinal sensory feedback ensures smooth movement. (2014) Nature. 509(7498):43-8. DOI: 10.1038/nature13276
Azim, E., Jiang, J., Alstermark, B., Jessell, T.M. Skilled reaching relies on a V2a propriospinal internal copy circuit. (2014) Nature. 508(7496):357-63. DOI: 10.1038/nature13021
Azim, E., Fink, A.J., Jessell, T.M. Internal and External Feedback Circuits for Skilled Forelimb Movement. (2014) Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 79:81-92. DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2014.79.024786
Miri, A., Azim, E., Jessell, T.M. Edging toward entelechy in motor control. (2013) Neuron. 80(3):827-34. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.10.049
Cederquist, G.Y., Azim, E., Shnider, S.J., Padmanabhan, H., Macklis, J.D. Lmo4 establishes rostral motor cortex projection neuron subtype diversity. (2013) Journal of Neuroscience. 33(15):6321-32. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5140-12.2013
Azim, E. (2013) Patterning and Cell Type Specification in the Developing CNS and PNS Comprehensive Developmental Neuroscience. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-397265-1.00098-8
Azim, E., Jabaudon, D., Fame, R.M., Macklis, J.D. SOX6 controls dorsal progenitor identity and interneuron diversity during neocortical development. (2009) Nature Neuroscience. 12(10):1238-47. DOI: 10.1038/nn.2387
Azim, E., Shnider, S.J., Cederquist, G.Y., Sohur, U.S., Macklis, J.D. Lmo4 and Clim1 progressively delineate cortical projection neuron subtypes during development. (2009) Cereb. Cortex. 19 Suppl 1:i62-9. DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp030
Lai, T., Jabaudon, D., Molyneaux, B.J., Azim, E., Arlotta, P., Menezes, J.R., Macklis, J.D. SOX5 controls the sequential generation of distinct corticofugal neuron subtypes. (2008) Neuron. 57(2):232-47. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.12.023
Azim, E., Mobbs, D., Jo, B., Menon, V., Reiss, A.L. Sex differences in brain activation elicited by humor. (2005) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102(45):16496-501. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0408456102
Mobbs, D., Hagan, C.C., Azim, E., Menon, V., Reiss, A.L. Personality predicts activity in reward and emotional regions associated with humor. (2005) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102(45):16502-6. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0408457102
Mobbs, D., Greicius, M.D., Abddel-Azim, E., Menon, V., Reiss, A.L. Humor modulates the mesolimbic reward centers. (2003) Neuron. 40(5):1041-8. DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(03)00751-7
BS, Biology, Stanford University
BA, Philosophy of Science, Stanford University
PhD, Neuroscience, Harvard University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University
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