
Sahar Manavi
Research Associate III
Sahar currently works on Shawn Olsen’s team in the Brain TV Visual Behavior group. She primarily focuses on optical physiology and behavior. Prior to coming to the Allen Institute, she worked at the University of Washington in the Neurosurgery department.
Sahar holds both a BS in Molecular Biology, BA in Philosophy, and an MS in Chemistry from the University of Washington.

Selected Publications
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
June 23, 2020
Groblewski PA, Ollerenshaw DR, Kiggins JT, Garrett ME, Mochizuki C, Casal L, Cross S, Mace K, Swapp J, Manavi S, Williams D, Mihalas S, Olsen SR
Experience shapes activity dynamics and stimulus coding of VIP inhibitory and excitatory cells
eLife
February 26, 2020
Garrett M, Manavi S, Roll K, Ollerenshaw D, Groblewski P, Kiggins J, Jia X, Casal L, Mace K, Williford A, Leon A, Mihalas S, Olsen SR