
Iryna Yavorska, Ph.D.
Scientist I
iryna.yavorska@alleninstitute.org
Iryna joined the Allen Institute in 2020 as a scientist in the Mindscope program. Her work is focused on understanding changes in neural activity during visually guided behavior in mice. She received her B.A. in Psychology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where, inspired by the theories of Gestalt Psychology, she studied adaptation of depth perception in humans using psychophysics (advised by Raymond Pavloski). Her interest in neural computations and emergent properties of such computations led her join an auditory electrophysiology lab at the University of Oregon, where she received her Ph.D in Psychology studying the functional roles of inhibitory interneurons in encoding of sound in mice (advised by Mike Wehr).

Research
Research Interests
Iryna is interested in studying how neurons encode and process sensory information, with a focus on understanding how diverse neuronal populations create local circuits and how those circuits interact with global neural systems.
Expertise
- Sensory neuroscience
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Neuropsychology
Research Programs
- Mindscope
Selected Publications View Publications
Effects of Locomotion in Auditory Cortex Are Not Mediated by the VIP Network
Frontiers in Neural Circuits
April 7, 2021
Wehr M, Yavorska I
A Cortico-Collicular Amplification Mechanism for Gap Detection
Cerebral Cortex
May 18, 2020
Weible AP, Yavorska I, Wehr M
Frontiers in Neural Circuits
October 30, 2020
Weible AP, Yavorska I, Kayal D, Duckler U, Wehr M
Diverse Effects of Arousal and Locomotion on Inhibitory and Excitatory Neurons in Auditory Cortex
PQDT-Global
2020
Yavorska I
Somatostatin-expressing inhibitory interneurons in cortical circuits
Frontiers in Neural Circuits
September 29, 2016
Yavorska I, Wehr M
Vision Drives Accurate Approach Behavior during Prey Capture in Laboratory Mice
Current Biology
November 21, 2016
Hoy JL, Yavorska I, Wehr M, Niell CM