Michael Bienkowski, PhD

Title(s)Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
SchoolKeck School of Medicine of Usc
AddressZNI, 1501 San Pablo St.
Health Sciences Campus
Los Angeles CA 90033
Phone+1 323 442 7246
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-8231-8893 Additional info
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    Dr. Bienkowski is interested in characterizing brain cell types and understanding their susceptibility to neurodegenerative diseases like Alhzeimer's disease and retinal degenerative diseases. His translational research laboratory (USC Center for Integrative Connectomics) uses state-of-the-art connectomics and transcriptomics approaches to investigate cell type-specific progressive changes to gene expression and connectivity in rodent and human brain tissue. A major goal of the lab is to build translational cell type atlases to guide clinical drug development and enhance the effectiveness of treatment plans at progressive disease stages.

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    A Translational 3D Map of Hippocampal Cell Types To Drive Investigations of Alzheimer's Disease
    NIH K01AG066847Aug 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2026
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Alzheimer Disease Research Center
    NIH P30AG066530Sep 1, 2020 - Feb 28, 2025
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Structural and Functional Neural Network Mediating Fear Memory and PTSD
    NIH F32MH107071Sep 16, 2015 - Sep 15, 2017
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Electric field stimulation directs target-specific axon regeneration and partial restoration of vision after optic nerve crush injury. PLoS One. 2025; 20(1):e0315562. Kim T, Iseri E, Peng MG, Medvidovic S, Silliman T, Pahlavan P, Niu G, Huang C, Simonyan A, Pahnahad J, Yao P, Lam P, Garimella V, Shahidi M, Bienkowski MS, Lee DJ, Thomas B, Lazzi G, Gokoffski KK. PMID: 39787061; PMCID: PMC11717274.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    2. Machine Learning Classification of Alzheimer's Disease Pathology Reveals Diffuse Amyloid as a Major Predictor of Cognitive Impairment in Human Hippocampal Subregions. bioRxiv. 2023 Jun 05. Stephen TL, Korobkova L, Breningstall B, Nguyen K, Mehta S, Pachicano M, Jones KT, Hawes D, Cabeen RP, Bienkowski MS. PMID: 37333119; PMCID: PMC10274752.
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    3. Further refining the boundaries of the hippocampus CA2 with gene expression and connectivity: Potential subregions and heterogeneous cell types. Hippocampus. 2023 03; 33(3):150-160. Bienkowski MS. PMID: 36786207; PMCID: PMC9987718.
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    4. Cellular anatomy of the mouse primary motor cortex. Nature. 2021 10; 598(7879):159-166. Muñoz-Castañeda R, Zingg B, Matho KS, Chen X, Wang Q, Foster NN, Li A, Narasimhan A, Hirokawa KE, Huo B, Bannerjee S, Korobkova L, Park CS, Park YG, Bienkowski MS, Chon U, Wheeler DW, Li X, Wang Y, Naeemi M, Xie P, Liu L, Kelly K, An X, Attili SM, Bowman I, Bludova A, Cetin A, Ding L, Drewes R, D'Orazi F, Elowsky C, Fischer S, Galbavy W, Gao L, Gillis J, Groblewski PA, Gou L, Hahn JD, Hatfield JT, Hintiryan H, Huang JJ, Kondo H, Kuang X, Lesnar P, Li X, Li Y, Lin M, Lo D, Mizrachi J, Mok S, Nicovich PR, Palaniswamy R, Palmer J, Qi X, Shen E, Sun YC, Tao HW, Wakemen W, Wang Y, Yao S, Yuan J, Zhan H, Zhu M, Ng L, Zhang LI, Lim BK, Hawrylycz M, Gong H, Gee JC, Kim Y, Chung K, Yang XW, Peng H, Luo Q, Mitra PP, Zador AM, Zeng H, Ascoli GA, Josh Huang Z, Osten P, Harris JA, Dong HW. PMID: 34616071; PMCID: PMC8494646.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 96     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    5. The mouse cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic network. Nature. 2021 10; 598(7879):188-194. Foster NN, Barry J, Korobkova L, Garcia L, Gao L, Becerra M, Sherafat Y, Peng B, Li X, Choi JH, Gou L, Zingg B, Azam S, Lo D, Khanjani N, Zhang B, Stanis J, Bowman I, Cotter K, Cao C, Yamashita S, Tugangui A, Li A, Jiang T, Jia X, Feng Z, Aquino S, Mun HS, Zhu M, Santarelli A, Benavidez NL, Song M, Dan G, Fayzullina M, Ustrell S, Boesen T, Johnson DL, Xu H, Bienkowski MS, Yang XW, Gong H, Levine MS, Wickersham I, Luo Q, Hahn JD, Lim BK, Zhang LI, Cepeda C, Hintiryan H, Dong HW. PMID: 34616074; PMCID: PMC8494639.
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    6. Organization of the inputs and outputs of the mouse superior colliculus. Nat Commun. 2021 06 28; 12(1):4004. Benavidez NL, Bienkowski MS, Zhu M, Garcia LH, Fayzullina M, Gao L, Bowman I, Gou L, Khanjani N, Cotter KR, Korobkova L, Becerra M, Cao C, Song MY, Zhang B, Yamashita S, Tugangui AJ, Zingg B, Rose K, Lo D, Foster NN, Boesen T, Mun HS, Aquino S, Wickersham IR, Ascoli GA, Hintiryan H, Dong HW. PMID: 34183678; PMCID: PMC8239028.
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    7. Connectivity characterization of the mouse basolateral amygdalar complex. Nat Commun. 2021 05 17; 12(1):2859. Hintiryan H, Bowman I, Johnson DL, Korobkova L, Zhu M, Khanjani N, Gou L, Gao L, Yamashita S, Bienkowski MS, Garcia L, Foster NN, Benavidez NL, Song MY, Lo D, Cotter KR, Becerra M, Aquino S, Cao C, Cabeen RP, Stanis J, Fayzullina M, Ustrell SA, Boesen T, Tugangui AJ, Zhang ZG, Peng B, Fanselow MS, Golshani P, Hahn JD, Wickersham IR, Ascoli GA, Zhang LI, Dong HW. PMID: 34001873; PMCID: PMC8129205.
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    8. Homologous laminar organization of the mouse and human subiculum. Sci Rep. 2021 02 12; 11(1):3729. Bienkowski MS, Sepehrband F, Kurniawan ND, Stanis J, Korobkova L, Khanjani N, Clark K, Hintiryan H, Miller CA, Dong HW. PMID: 33580088; PMCID: PMC7881248.
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    9. An open access mouse brain flatmap and upgraded rat and human brain flatmaps based on current reference atlases. J Comp Neurol. 2021 02; 529(3):576-594. Hahn JD, Swanson LW, Bowman I, Foster NN, Zingg B, Bienkowski MS, Hintiryan H, Dong HW. PMID: 32511750; PMCID: PMC7721992.
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    10. Precise segmentation of densely interweaving neuron clusters using G-Cut. Nat Commun. 2019 04 04; 10(1):1549. Li R, Zhu M, Li J, Bienkowski MS, Foster NN, Xu H, Ard T, Bowman I, Zhou C, Veldman MB, Yang XW, Hintiryan H, Zhang J, Dong HW. PMID: 30948706; PMCID: PMC6449501.
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    11. Extrastriate connectivity of the mouse dorsal lateral geniculate thalamic nucleus. J Comp Neurol. 2019 05 15; 527(9):1419-1442. Bienkowski MS, Benavidez NL, Wu K, Gou L, Becerra M, Dong HW. PMID: 30620046; PMCID: PMC6992387.
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    12. Integration of gene expression and brain-wide connectivity reveals the multiscale organization of mouse hippocampal networks. Nat Neurosci. 2018 11; 21(11):1628-1643. Bienkowski MS, Bowman I, Song MY, Gou L, Ard T, Cotter K, Zhu M, Benavidez NL, Yamashita S, Abu-Jaber J, Azam S, Lo D, Foster NN, Hintiryan H, Dong HW. PMID: 30297807; PMCID: PMC6398347.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 89     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    13. The mouse cortico-striatal projectome. Nat Neurosci. 2016 08; 19(8):1100-14. Hintiryan H, Foster NN, Bowman I, Bay M, Song MY, Gou L, Yamashita S, Bienkowski MS, Zingg B, Zhu M, Yang XW, Shih JC, Toga AW, Dong HW. PMID: 27322419; PMCID: PMC5564682.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 234     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    14. Neural networks of the mouse neocortex. Cell. 2014 Feb 27; 156(5):1096-111. Zingg B, Hintiryan H, Gou L, Song MY, Bay M, Bienkowski MS, Foster NN, Yamashita S, Bowman I, Toga AW, Dong HW. PMID: 24581503; PMCID: PMC4169118.
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    15. Organization of multisynaptic circuits within and between the medial and the central extended amygdala. J Comp Neurol. 2013 Oct 15; 521(15):3406-31. Bienkowski MS, Wendel ES, Rinaman L. PMID: 23640841; PMCID: PMC3969337.
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    16. Common and distinct neural inputs to the medial central nucleus of the amygdala and anterior ventrolateral bed nucleus of stria terminalis in rats. Brain Struct Funct. 2013 Jan; 218(1):187-208. Bienkowski MS, Rinaman L. PMID: 22362201; PMCID: PMC3662982.
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    17. Immune challenge activates neural inputs to the ventrolateral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. Physiol Behav. 2011 Aug 03; 104(2):257-65. Bienkowski MS, Rinaman L. PMID: 21402087; PMCID: PMC3118915.
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    18. Noradrenergic inputs to the paraventricular hypothalamus contribute to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and central Fos activation in rats after acute systemic endotoxin exposure. Neuroscience. 2008 Oct 28; 156(4):1093-102. Bienkowski MS, Rinaman L. PMID: 18773942; PMCID: PMC2614295.
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