Erich D. Jarvis, Ph.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE
Erich D. Jarvis
Updated 6/8/2015
Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Duke University Medical Center, Box 3209
Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 681-1680 – contact Tiffany Casey
Fax (919) 681-0877
jarvis@neuro.duke.edu
EDUCATION
1979-1983
Scholarships to Geoffrey Ballet and Alvin Ailey Dance Schools, NY
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Dance Major, High School of the Performing Arts, NY
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B.A., Double: Biology & Mathematics. Minor: Chemistry. Hunter College, NY
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Ph.D., Molecular Neurobiology & Animal Behavior, The Rockefeller University, NY
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Postdoc. Molecular Neurobiology & Animal Behavior, The Rockefeller University, NY
RESEARCH & PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
1984-1988 Undergraduate: Molecular biology of protein synthesis genes in bacteria with Dr. Rivka
Rudner Hunter College, NY
1988-1995 Graduate: Molecular behavioral mechanisms of song-associative learning in songbirds with
Dr. Fernando Nottebohm. The Rockefeller University, NY
1995-1998 Postdoc: Molecular biology of learned vocal communication in songbirds with Dr. Fernando
Nottebohm. The Rockefeller University, NY
1998-2002 Assistant Professor, Adjunct: The Rockefeller University, NY
1998-2005 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center(DUMC), NC
1999-2005 Assistant Professor, Fellow: Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, NC
2000-2005 Assistant Professor, Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Duke University
2000-2005 Assistant Professor, Allied Faculty: Psychological & Brain Sciences, Duke University, NC
2001-2005 Assistant Professor, Faculty: Development Biology Program, DUMC, NC
2005-present Associate Professor, Tenure: Neurobiology & departments above, Duke University, NC
2008-present Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Successful renewal 2015.
TEACHING & RELATED COMMITEES
1992-1998 Trained inner-city high school students of under-represented backgrounds to gain
laboratory research experience, Science Outreach Program of NY
1998-present Trained high school, undergrad & graduate students in neuroscience research, DUMC, NC
1999-2008 Medical student core neuroscience course, DUMC, NC
2000-present Graduate Student Steering Committee, Department of Neurobiology, DUMC, NC
2000-present Graduate Student Admissions Committee, Department of Neurobiology, DUMC, NC
2000-2003 Cognitive neuroscience graduate course, Duke University, NC
2001-2002 Graduate core neuroanatomy course, DUMC, NC
2001-2005 Undergraduate neuroscience course, DUMC, NC
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Graduate neuroethology course, DUMC, NC
2006-2008 Graduate neuroscience lecture training course, DUMC, NC
2006-2008 Graduate student core neuroscience course, DUMC, NC
2008-2013 Director, Concepts in Neuroscience: Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology, DUMC, NC
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Vocal learning course, Department of Neurobiology, DUMC, NC
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Synaptic plasticity course, Department of Neurobiology, DUMC, NC
2014-present Duke Basic Sciences Faculty Steering Committee
2014-present Duke Medical School Deans Advisory Council on Underrepresented Minorities Faculty.
AWARDS & HONORS
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NIGMS-Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Honors Undergraduate Fellowship
MARC-NIGMS Pre-Doctoral National Research Service Award
FORD Foundation Pre-Doctoral FellowshipSociety for Neuroscience Travel Fellowship for Under-Represented Scientists
NIMH Dissertation Grant
NIMH Neuroscience Postdoctoral Training Grant
Rockefeller University Kluge Postdoctoral Fellowship
George H. Hitching’s Young Investigator Award, NC Triangle Foundation, one person/year
Esther & Joseph Klingenstein Award in Neuroscience
Whitehall Foundation Award in Neuroscience, 2nd highest score
David and Lucille Packard Foundation AwardHall of Fame: Hunter College Search for Education, Elevation & Knowledge (SEEK), NY
Duke University Provost Bioinformatic Award
Duke University Provost Computational Biology AwardHall of Fame: Alumni Association of Hunter College
Human Frontiers in Science Program Young Investigators Award
NSF Alan T. Waterman Award. NSF’s highest award for young investigators given annually to
one scientist or engineer who under the age of 35 made a significant discovery/impact in science.
Awarded for molecular approach and findings to map brain areas involved in behavior.
Wall of Fame: Duke University Medical Center
The 2003 Distinguished Alumni Award of the City University of New York
Intranet Linguists of the Year for 2004
Dominion Award: Strong Men and Women of Excellence: African American Leaders. Priorawardees include Arthur Ash, Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, and Michael Jordan.
American Philosophical Society AwardNIH Director’s Pioneer Award. Given annually to top ~1.5% of applicants.
NOVA Science Now documentary of Dr. Jarvis and his research.
National Science Foundation top 10 science stories of 2005; avian/vertebrate brain evolution.
Discover magazine top 100 science discoveries of 2005; avian brain nomenclature listed at #51.
Diverse magazine’s top 10 emerging scholars of 2006.
Popular Science Magazine’s Brilliant 10 of 2006 under the age of 45
Mental Floss Magazine’s 10 Trail blazing scientist of 2007
Creator Synectics’ top 100 geniuses
HHMI Investigator Award
Ruth & A Morris Williams Prize. Duke University Med. Ctr’s. highest prize under the age of 45
History Makers Documentary: African American Leaders in Science. Chicago, IL
North Western University “Distinguished Role Model in Science” award. Evanston, IL
Futurish magazine named Jarvis as one of 2014’s Citizens of the Next Century(http://www.future-ish.com/2010/12/next-century-citizens.html)
Co-recipient of Summit Award from the American Society for Association Executives (ASAE)
with Society for Neuroscience’s Neuroscience Scholars Program, for URM.
Science magazine working life article on Jarvis. Science by any means necessary. (2015)
Science 347 (6222):686. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6222/686.short
Science magazine careers article on Jarvis. Following the birdsong of Science. (2015)
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2015_01_19/caredit.a1500015

NAMED, HONORARY, & KEYNOTE LECTURES
1999 Speaker: International Emperor’s Award in Biology, Nagoya, Japan
2000 Plenary Speaker: Research Center for Minority Institutions (RCMI)-Symposium, Puerto Rico
2001 Distinguished Speaker: 10th Annual Puerto Rico Neuroscience Conference, Puerto Rico
2001 Plenary Lecturer: Atlantic Symposium on Computational Biology, Genome Systems & Tech, NC
2002 Baptista Memorial Symposium: International Ornithology Conference, Beijing, China
2002 Lecture and Discussant: Gordon Research Conference in Neuroethology, Oxford, UK
2002 Leaders in Scientific Discovery: Conversations with two nobel laureates (Cech & Gilman) and a
Waterman awardee (Jarvis). ABRCMS 40th NIGMS Anniversary Conference, New Orleans, LA
2002 Lecturer: The National Academy of Science’s US-Japan meeting, Irvine, CA
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Keynote Speaker: National Science Foundation, African American History Month Series, MD
Keynote Speaker: Howard University Graduate School, Washington, DC
Keynote Speaker: Society for Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans, Albuquerque, NM
The ISIS 2004 Keynote Inspirational Speaker: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
The 2004 Howard Hughes Professor’s Lecture: Columbia University, New York, NY
Keynote Speaker: NC Health Careers Access Program, Greensboro, NC
The 2005 Chancellor’s Scholars Lecturer: Fayetteville University, NC
Keynote Speaker: Education for Sustainable Development Conference, Yale University, CT
Keynote Speaker: NIMH intramural annual conference, Gettysburg, VA.
Keynote Speaker: Society of Neuroethology Congress, Budapest, Hungary.
Langford Lecture Award: Duke University’s outstanding research for tenure promotion.
Keynote Speaker: RCMI 20th Anniversary Symposium, City College, NY
Keynote Speaker: HBCU-UP National Research Conference, Baltimore, MD
Keynote Speaker: National Institutes of Aging, Black History Month Lecturer, MD
NIMH Director’s Lecturer, Bethesda, MD
NIDCD Council Lecturer, Bethesda, MD
24th IOC Plenary Lecturer, Hamburg, Germany
Distinguished Lecturer: NC Central University, Durham, NC
The 2006 James Holland Memorial Lecturer, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Symposium Speaker: American Society for Cell Biology
Keynote Speaker: 2007 NEURON Conference, at Simmons College, MA
Keynote Speaker: 2007 Beta Kappa Chi Honor Society /National Institute of Science conference
The 2007 Darwin Day Lecturer: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
BioX Lecturer: Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Honored Guest Speaker: Adventures of the Mind youth conference, Morehouse University, GA
Public Symposium Speaker: Conference on Birdsong, Speech, & Language, Utrecht, Netherlands
Keynote Speaker: University of Colorado HSC, Annual Neuroscience Retreat, Keystone, CO.
Keynote Speaker: National Association of Biology Teachers, Atlanta, GA
Symposium Speaker: International Seminar on Language Evolution, St. Andrews, UK
The 2008 Dodgen Lecturer: Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Olive Branch, MS
Keynote Speaker: Biology Leadership Conference, Ilse of Palms, SC
Keynote Speaker: South East Nerve Net Conference, Atlanta, GA
Keynote Speaker: NIGMS Institutional Research & Academic Career Development Awards
Conference, UNC Chapel Hill, NC
The 2008 Martinez-Townsel Endowed Lecturer, MBL, Cold Spring Harbor, MA
Friday Evening Lecturer, MBL, Cold Spring Harbor, MA
Presidential Symp Lecturer: Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Groningen Netherlands
Plenary Lecturer: 11th RCMI Symposium on Health Disparities, Honolulu, Hawaii
Keynote Lecturer: Annual Neonatal-Perinatal Research Conference, Duke University, NC
National Academy Science Evolution of Medicine Lecturer, Celebrating Darwin’s 200th Birthday
New Scientist’s Magazine Keynote: 1st NYC Minority Graduate Student Network conference
Keynote Speaker: HHMI summer EXROP conference, Maryland
200th Birthday Celebration Lecture. Darwin’s Evolution. Stockholm
Keynote Speaker: American Ornithology Union Conference, Penn State
Barack Distinguished Lecturer: University of VermontSociety for Neuroscience: Invited symposium lecturer, Darwin and Brain Evolution, Chicago
1st USA Science and Engineering Festival, Meet the Scientist, Washington, DC
Roche 454 Sponsored Speaker. Plant and Animal Genome Meeting, San Diego, CA
Morris College’s, Science in Action Week, University-Wide Keynote Speaker, SC.
The 2011 Karlovitz Memorial Lecturer. Georgia Tech, GA.
The 2011 Juanita Greer White Memorial Lecturer. University Nevada, LA
The 2011 Awardee, Duke University, NC
The 2011 Schmidt-Nielson Memorial Lecture, Duke University, NC
Keynote Speaker, North Carolina High School Science Festival, High School of Science andMath, Durham, NC
Keynote Speaker: Annual Baylor Graduate School of Biomedicine Symposium, Houston, TX
The 2012 Isabelle Sprague Lecturer. Mt Holyoke College, MA.
NIH Director’s Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series

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Keynote Lecturer, Pacific Rim Brain and Evolution Science Conference, Keio University, Japan
Keynote Lecturer, Avian Systems Biology Conference, Nagoya Japan
Keynote Lecturer, Morehouse School of Medicine, Curtis L. Parker Lecturer, GA.
Symposium Speaker, AAAS meeting, Language Organ, Boston, MA.
Keynote Speaker, University Maryland Baltimore County, Graduate Student Symposium, MD.
Distinguished lecturer at the Networks in the Nervous System Conference, University of Mexico,
Queretaro National Autonomous
Distinguished lecturer, Nifty Fifty Event, Washington DC
Commencement Speaker, University of Texas San Antonio’s Medical Center graduated student
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Keynote speaker, Ultrasonic Communication in Rodents Meeting, Tokyo, Japan
Distinguished lecturer, 126th International Ornithological Congress, Tokyo, Japan
Brain & Behavior Distinguished Lecture Series, Georgia State University.

MEMBERSHIPS, ADVISORY PANELS, EDITORIAL BOARDS, & CONSULTING
1988-present Member, Society for Neuroscience
1998-present Member, J.B. Johnston Neuroscience Organization
1999-2006 Organizer, Avian Brain Nomenclature Consortium that changed the 100-year old outdated
understanding of the avian and thus vertebrate brain evolution
1999-2002 Council Member, Duke University President’s Council on Black Affairs, NC
2001-2005 Founding Member, Black Collective at Duke (BCD), Duke University, NC
2003-present Member, Society for Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans (SACNAS)
2004-present International Society for Neuroethology
2004-2006 Invited Advisor, NSF Task Group for Enhancing Support for Transformative Research.
2005-2006 Elected Member, Duke University Medical Center Basic Sciences Faculty Steering
Committee
2005-present Committee on Diversity in Neuroscience (C-DIN), The Society for Neuroscience. Renamed
Diversity in Neuroscience Subcomittee (DINS) in 2009.
2006, 2008 Invited Panelist, NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Reviewer
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Invited Panelist, NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Reviewer
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Invited Advisor, NIH Fostering Innovation Workshop.
2007-2008 Invited, Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD; Elias Zerhouni): Subcommittee
on Peer Review; Reviewed, developed and recommended new mechanisms for funding
more innovative and transformative research, and implemented by NIH beginning 2009.
2008-present Nominated member, The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives
2008-present Director and PI: Neuroscience Scholars Program, The Society for Neuroscience
2009-present Duke Center for Proteomics Board
2011-2012 NIMH National Advisory Mental Health Council, ad-hoc.
2010-present Genome 10K co-organizer (bird chair).
2013-present External Advisory Committee for Science, Hunter College, NY
2013-present ENSEMBL database Science Advisory Board
2013-present Editorial board, the Journal of Comparative Neurobiology
2013-present Editorial board, Neuroscience Research2013
NSF workshop on Obama Brain Mapping Initiative
2013-present Co-coordinator and co-founder of B10K project to sequence all bird species genomes.
2014-2015 Distinguished Editor, Editorial Review Board, NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
2014-present Advisory board, Society for Neuroscience – Neuroscience Scholars Program.
WEB SITES
Jarvis Lab: http://www.jarvislab.net/
Avian Brain Hub: http://avianbrain.org/
Songbird Brain Transcriptome Database: http://songbirdtranscriptome.net
Comparative avian genome resource: http://aviangenomes.org/
Avian phylogenomics: http://avian.genomics.cn/en/index.html
B10K bird all 10,000 genomes project: http://b10k.genomics.cn
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed articles: pdfs can be found at http://www.jarvislab.net/Publications.html.

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1. Lafauci G, Widom RL, Eisner R, Jarvis ED, Rudner R. Mapping of rRNA genes with integrable
plasmids in Bacillus subtilis. (1986) J. Bacteriol. 165:204-214.
2. Widom RL, Jarvis ED, LaFauci G, Rudner R. Instability of rRNA operons in Bacillus subtilis.
(1988). J. Bacteriol. 170:605-610.
3. Jarvis ED, Widom R, LaFauci G, Setoguchi Y, Richter IR, Rudner R. Chromosomal Organizationsof rRNA operons in Bacillus subtilis. (1988) Genetics 120:625-635.
4. Jarvis ED, Cheng S, Rudner R. Genetic structure and DNA sequences at junctions involved in therearrangements of Bacillus subtilis strains carrying the trpE26 mutation. (1990) Genetics 126:785797.
5. Rivas MV, Jarvis ED, Rudner R. The structure of the trpE, trpD and 5' trpC genes of Bacillus
pumilus. (1990) Gene 87:71-78.
6. Rudner R, Severestt A, Buchholz S, Studamire B, White AM, Jarvis ED. Two tRNA gene clusters
associated with ribosomal RNA operons rrnD and rrnE in Bacillus subtilis. (1993) J. Bacteriol.
175:503-509.
7. Jarvis ED, Mello CV, Nottebohm F. Associative learning and stimulus novelty influence the songinduced expression of an immediate early gene in the canary forebrain. (1995) Learning & Memory
2:62-80. Cited by the journal as one of the top 10 articles of the year.
8. Chew SJ, Mello CV, Nottebohm F, Jarvis ED, Vicario D. Decrements in auditory responses to arepeated conspecific song are long-lasting and require two periods of protein synthesis in the songbird
forebrain. (1995) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 92:3406-3410.
9. Holzenberger M, Jarvis ED, Chong C, Grossman M, Nottebohm F, Scharff C. Selective expressionof insulin-like growth factor II in the songbird brain. (1997) J. Neurosci. 17:6974-6987.
10. Rivas M, Jarvis ED, Morisaki S, Carbonado H, Gottlieb AB, Krueger J. Identification of aberrantly
regulated genes in diseased skin using the cDNA differential display technique. (1997) J. Invest.
Derm. 108:188-194.
11. Jarvis ED, Schawbl H, Ribeiro S, Mello CV. Brain gene regulation by territorial singing behavior infreely ranging songbirds. (1997) Neuroreport 8:2073-2077.
12. Jarvis ED, Nottebohm F. Motor-driven gene expression. (1997) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 94:4097-4102.
13. Jarvis ED, Scharff C, Grossman M, Ramos JA, Nottebohm F. For whom the bird sings: contextdependent gene expression. (1998) Neuron 21:775-788. News and views in Neuron, Schmidt 2008.
14. Rudner R, Martsinkevich O, Leung W, Jarvis ED. Classification and genetic characterization ofpattern forming Bacilli. (1998) Molec. Microbio. 27:687-703.
15. Krebs CJ, Jarvis ED, Pfaff DW. The 70 kDa heat shock cognate protein (Hsc73) gene is enhanced by
ovarian hormones in the ventromedial hypothalamus. (1999) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 96:1686-1691.
16. Krebs CJ, Jarvis ED, Chan J, Lydon JP, Ogawa S, Pfaff DW. A membrane-associated progesteronebinding protein, 25-Dx, is regulated by progesterone in brain regions involved in female reproductive
behaviors. (2000) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 97:12816-12821.

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17. Li XC, Jarvis ED, Alvarez-Bordo B, Lim D, Nottebohm F. A relation between behavior,neurotrophin expression and neuronal survival. (2000) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 97:8584-8589.
18. Jarvis ED, Mello CV. Molecular mapping of brain areas involved in parrot vocal communication.
(2000) J. Comp. Neurol. 419:1-31. Cover photo.
19. Nehrbass N, Jarvis ED, Scharff C, Nottebohm F, Mello CV. Site-specific retinoic acid production in
the brain of adult songbirds. (2000) Neuron 27:359-370.
20. Jarvis ED, Ribeiro S, Vielliard J, DaSilva M, Ventura D, Mello CV. Behaviorally-driven gene
expression reveals hummingbird brain song nuclei. (2000) Nature 406:628-632. Featured article in
Natural History Magazine and Discovery.com
21. Jarvis ED, Smith VA, Wada K, Rivas MV, McElroy M, Smulders TV, Carnici P, Hayashisaki Y,
Dietrich F, Wu X, Yu J, Wang PP, Hartemink AJ, Lin S. A framework for integrating the songbird
brain. (2002) J. Comp. Physiol. A 188:961-980.
22. Smith VA, Jarvis ED, Hartemink AJ. Evaluating functional network inference using simulation ofcomplex biological systems. (2002) Bioinformatics 18:216S-224S.
23. Ribeiro S, Mello CV, Velho T, Gardner TJ, Jarvis ED, Pavlides C. Induction of hippocampal longterm potentiation during waking leads to increased extrahippocampal zif-268 expression during
ensuing rapid-eye-movement sleep. (2002) J Neurosci. 22:10914-10923.
24. The FANTOM Consortium & The RIKEN Genome Exploration Research Group Phase II Team.
Analysis of the mouse transcriptome based upon functional annotation of 60,770 full length cDNAs.
(2002) Nature 420:563-573. Cover photo.
25. Smith VA, Jarvis ED, Hartemink AJ. Influence of network topology and data collection on
functional network inference. (2003) Pac. Symp. Biocomputing 2003:164-175.
26. Gustincich S, Batalov S, Beisel KW, Bono H, Carninci P, Fletcher CF, Grimmond S, Hirokawa N,
Jarvis ED, Jegla T, Kawasawa Y, LeMieux J, Miki H, Raviola E, Teasdale RD, Tominaga N, Yagi K,
Zimmer A, Hayashizaki Y, Okazaki Y. Analysis of the mouse transcriptome for genes involved in thefunction of the nervous system. (2003) Genome Res. 13:1395-1401.
27. Haesler S, Wada K, Nshdejan A, Morrisey E, Lints EKT, Jarvis ED*, Scharff C*. FoxP2 expression
in avian vocal learners and non-learners. (2004) J. Neurosci. 24:3164-3175. *co-corresponding
authors. Highlighted in multiple media outlets, including National Geographic Magazine
28. Wada K, Sakaguchi H, Jarvis ED*, Hagiwara M. Differential expression of glutamate receptors inavian neural pathways for learned vocalization. (2004) J. Comp. Neurol. 476:44-64 *corresponding
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29. Reiner A, Perkel DJ, Bruce L, Butler AB, Csillag A, Kuenzel W, Medina L, Paxinos G, Shimizu T,
Striedter GF, Wild M, Ball GF, Durand S, Güntürkün O, Lee DW, Mello CV, Powers A, White SA,
Hough G, Kubikova L, Smulders TV, Wada K, Dugas-Ford J, Husband S, Yamamoto K, Yu J, Siang
C, Jarvis ED. Revised nomenclature for avian telencephalon and some related brainstem nuclei.
(2004) J. Comp. Neurol. 473:377-414. The most cited article of the journal for 2004, and designatedamong top 1% highly cited papers in their academic field (neuroscience) as of Sep/Oct 2014,
controlled for publication year, by Thompson Scientific.

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30. Reiner A, Perkel DJ, Bruce L, Butler AB, Csillag A, Kuenzel W, Medina L, Paxinos G, Shimizu T,
Striedter GF, Wild M, Ball GF, Durand S, Güntürkün O, Lee DW, Mello CV, Powers A, White SA,
Hough G, Kubikova L, Smulders TV, Wada K, Dugas-Ford J, Husband S, Yamamoto K, Yu J, Siang
C, Jarvis ED. The Avian Brain Nomenclature Forum: a new century in comparative neuroanatomy.
(2004) J. Comp. Neurol. 473:E1-E6.
31. Yu J, Smith VA, Wang PP, Hartemink AJ, Jarvis ED. Advances to Bayesian network inference forgenerating causal networks from observational biological data. (2004) Bioinformatics 20:3594-3603.
Selected by Thomson Scientific as the article with highest citation rate for “Dynamic Bayesian
Networks” as of Spring 2010 and designated among top 1% highly cited papers in their academic
field (bioinformatics) as of Sep/Oct 2014, controlled for publication year.
32. Jarvis ED, O Güntürkün, L Bruce, A Csillag, HJ Karten, W Kuenzel, L Medina, G Paxinos, DJ
Perkel, T Shimizu, GF Striedter, M Wild, GF Ball, J Dugas-Ford, S Durand, G Hough, S Husband, L
Kubikova, DW Lee, CV. Mello, A Powers, C Siang, TV Smulders, K Wada, SA White, K Yamamoto,J Yu, A Reiner, AB Butler. Avian Brain Nomenclature Consortium. Avian brains and a newunderstanding of vertebrate brain evolution. (2005) Nature Rev Neurosci. 6:151-159. The 2nd mostcited article of its issue. Highlighted as one of the top 10 projects funded by NSF in 2005, in top 100(#51) science stories by Discover Magazine, and in multiple media outlets, including NY Times.
Designated among top 1% highly cited papers in their academic field (neuroscience) as of Sep/Oct
2014, controlled for publication year, by Thompson Scientific.
33. Mouritsen H, Feenders G, Liedvogel M, Wada K, Jarvis ED. A night vision brain area in migratory
songbirds. (2005) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 102:8339-8344. Highlighted by multiple science broadcast
media.
34. Burmeister S, Jarvis ED, Fernald R. Rapid behavioral and genomic responses to social opportunity.
(2005) PLoS Biology. 3:1996-2004.
35. Ferreira ARJ, Smulders TV, Sameshima K, Mello CV, Jarvis ED. Vocalizations and associatedbehaviors of the Sombre hummingbird (Trochilinae) and the Rufous-breasted Hermit(Phaethornithinae). (2006) Auk. 123:1129-1148.
36. Sasaki A, Sotnikova TD, Gainetdinov RR, Jarvis ED. Social context-dependent singing-regulated
dopamine. (2006) J. Neurosci. 26:9010-9014. Highlighted by BBC science broadcast.
37. Wada K, Howard JT, McConnell P, Lints T, Rivas MV, Whitney O, Horita H, Patterson MA, White SA,
Scharff C, Heasler S, Zhao S, Sakaguchi H, Hagiwara M, Shiraki T, Hirozane-Kishikawa T, Skene P,
Hayashizaki Y, Carninci P, Jarvis ED. A molecular neuroethological approach for identifying andcharacterizing a cascade of behaviorally regulated genes. (2006) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 103:1521215217. Highlighted in Science Magazine online, News and Views.
38. Smith VA, Yu J, Smulders TV, Hartemink AJ, Jarvis ED. Computational inference of neural
information flow networks. (2006) PLoS Comp. Biol. 2:1436-1449. Highlighted by PLoS
Computational Biology as the most downloaded article of its issue when published.
39. Liedvogel M, Feenders G, Wada K, Troje NF, Jarvis ED*, Mouritsen H*. Lateralised activation ofCluster N in the brains of migratory songbirds. (2007) Eur. J. Neurosci. 25:1166-1173. *cocorresponding authors.
40. Kubikova L, Turner E, Jarvis ED. The pallial-basal ganglia pathway modulates the behaviorallydriven gene expression of the motor pathway. (2007) Eur. J. Neurosci. 25:2154-2160.

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41. Hara E, Kubikova L, Hessler NA, Jarvis ED. Role of the midbrain dopaminergic system inmodulation of vocal brain activation by social context. (2007) Eur. J. Neurosci. 25:3406-3416.
Highlighted in the faculty of 1000 as a paper to read.
42. Pinaud P, Osorio C, Alzate O, Jarvis ED. Profiling of experience-regulated proteins in the songbird
auditory forebrain using quantitative proteomics. (2008) Eur. J. Neurosci. 27:1409-1422.
43. Feenders G, Liedvogel M, Rivas MV, Zapka M, Horita H, Hara E, Wada K, Mouritsen H, Jarvis ED.
Molecular mapping of movement-associated areas in the avian brain: A Motor theory for vocal
learning origin. (2008) PLoS ONE 3(3): e1768, 1-27. Highlighted in Scientific American magazine.
44. Horita H, Wada K, Jarvis ED. Early onset of deafening-induced song deterioration and differential
requirements of the pallial-basal ganglia vocal pathway. (2008) Eur. J. Neurosci. 28:2519-2532.
Cover photo.
45. Hara E, Kubikova L, Hessler NA, Jarvis ED. Assessing visual requirements for social contextdependent activation of the songbird song system (2009) Proc. R. Soc. B 276:279-289.
46. Kubikova L, Wada K, Jarvis ED. Dopamine receptors in a songbird brain (2010) J. Comp. Neurol.
518: 741-769. Cover photo
47. Kunstner A, Wolf JBW, Backstom N, Whitney O, Balakrishnan C, Day L, Edwards SV, Schlinger
BA, Wilson RK, Jarvis ED, Warren WC, Ellegren H. Comparative genomics based on massive
parallel transcriptome sequencing reveals patterns of substitution and selection across 10 bird species.
(2010) Mol. Ecol. 19:226-276.
48. Warren WC, Clayton DF, Ellegren H, Arnold, AP, Hillier LW, Kunstner A, Searle S, White S, Vilella
AJ, Fairley S, Heger A, Kong L, Ponting CP, Jarvis ED, et al. The genome of a songbird. (2010)
Nature 464:757-762. Highlighted in multiple media outlets, including NY Times, Science Times, andNPR.
49. Horita H, Wada K, Rivas MR, Hara E, Jarvis ED. The dusp1 immediate early gene is regulated bynatural stimuli predominantly in primary sensory neurons (2010) J. Comp. Neurol. 518:2873-2901.
50. Zapka M, Heyers D, Liedvogel M, Jarvis ED*, Mouritsen H*. Night-time neuronal activation ofCluster N in a day- and night-migrating songbird (2010) Eur. J. Neurosci. 32:619-624. *cocorresponding authors.
51. Nabholz B, Jarvis ED, Ellegren H. Obtaining mtDNA genome from next-generation transcriptome
sequencing: a case study of the basal Passerida (Aves: Passeriformes) phylogeny (2010) Mol
Phylogenetics Evol. 57:466-470.
52. Robinson GE, Banks JA, Padilla DK, Burggren WW, Cohen CS, Delwiche CF, Funk V, Hoekstra HE,
Jarvis ED, Johnson L, Martindale MQ, Martinez del Rio C, Medina M, Salt DE, Sinha S, Specht C,
Strange K, Strassmann JE, Swalla BJ, Tomanek L. Empowering 21st century biology. (2010)
Bioscience 60:923-930.
53. Roulhac PL, Ward JM, Thompson JW, Soderblom EJ, Silva M, Moseley MA 3rd, Jarvis ED.
Microproteomics: quantitative proteomic profiling of small numbers of laser captured cells (2011)
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot5573. 1-11.

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54. Nabholz B, Kunstner A, Wang R, Jarvis ED*, Ellegren H*. Dynamic evolution of base composition:
causes and consequences in avian phylogenomics (2011). Mol. Biol. Evol. 60:2197-2210. *cocorresponding authors.
55. Hara E, Rivas MR, Ward J, Okanoya K, Jarvis ED. Convergent differential regulation ofparvalbumin in the brains of vocal learners. (2012) PLoS ONE 7(1):e29457. 1-13.
56. Chen CC, Balaban E, Jarvis ED. Interspecies avian brain chimeras reveal that large brain size
differences are influenced by cell-interdependent processes. (2012) PLoS ONE. 7(7):e42477. 1-13.
57. Horita H, Kobayashi M, Liu WC, Oka K, Jarvis ED, Wada K. Specialized motor-driven dusp1
expression in the song systems of multiple lineages of vocal learning birds. (2012) PLoS ONE.
7(8):e42173. 1-21.
58. Arriaga G, Zhou EP, Jarvis ED. Of mice, birds, and men: the mouse ultrasonic song system has somefeatures similar to humans and song-learning birds. (2012) PLoS ONE. 7(10):e46610. 1-15.
59. St John JA, Braun EL, Isberg SR, Miles LG, Chong AY, Gongora J, Dalzell P, Moran C, Bed'hom B,
Abzhanov A, Burgess SC, Cooksey AM, Castoe TA, Crawford NG, Densmore LD, Drew JC,
Edwards SV, Faircloth BC, Fujita MK, Greenwold MJ, Hoffmann FG, Howard JM, Iguchi T, Janes
DE, Khan SY, Kohno S, de Koning AJ, Lance SL, McCarthy FM, McCormack JE, Merchant ME,
Peterson DG, Pollock DD, Pourmand N, Raney BJ, Roessler KA, Sanford JR, Sawyer RH, Schmidt
CJ, Triplett EW, Tuberville TD, Venegas-Anaya M, Howard JT, Jarvis ED, Guillette LJ Jr, GlennTC, Green RE, Ray DA. Sequencing three crocodilian genomes to illuminate the evolution ofarchosaurs and amniotes. (2012). Genome Biol. 13:415-427.
60. Chen C-C, Wada K, Jarvis ED. Radioactive in-situ protocol for detecting diverse gene expression
patterns in tissue. (2012). J Vis Exp (JoVE). (62). pii: 3764.
61. Koren S, Schatz MC, Walenz BP, Martin J, Howard J, Ganapathy G, Wang X, Rasko DA, McCombie
WR, Jarvis ED, and Phillippy AM. Hybrid error correction and de novo assembly of single-molecule
sequencing reads. (2012) Nature Biotechnol. 30:693-700. Designated among top 1% highly cited
papers in their academic field (molecular biology) as of Sep/Oct 2014, controlled for publication
year, by Thompson Scientific.
62. Simonyan K, Horwitz B, Jarvis ED. Dopamine regulation in human speech and birdsong. (2012).
Brain & Language 122:142-150.
63. Petkov CI, Jarvis ED. Birds, primates, and spoken language origins: behavioral phenotypes andneurobiological substrates. (2012) Front Evol Neurosci. 4(12):1-24.
64. Arriaga G, & Jarvis ED. Mouse vocal communication system: are ultrasounds learned or innate?
(2013) Brain & Language 124:96-116.
65. Parchman TL, Gompert Z, Braun MJ, Brumfield RT, McDonald DB, Uy JA, Zhang G, Jarvis ED,
Schlinger BA, Buerkle CA. The genomic consequences of adaptive divergence and reproductive
isolation between species of manakins. (2013) Mol. Ecol. 22:3304-3317.
66. Liu WC, Wada K, Jarvis ED, Nottebohm F. Rudimentary substrates for vocal learning in a suboscine.
(2013) Nature Communications 4:2082. 1-12.
67. Bradnam KR, Fass JN, Alexandrov A, Baranay P, Bechner M, Birol I, Boisvert S, Chapman JA,
Chapuis G, Chikhi R, Chitsaz H, Chou WC, Corbeil J, Del Fabbro C, Docking TR, Durbin R, Earl D,

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Emrich S, Fedotov P, Fonseca NA, Ganapathy G, Gibbs RA, Gnerre S, Godzaridis E, Goldstein S,
Haimel M, Hall G, Haussler D, Hiatt JB, Ho IY, Howard J, Hunt M, Jackman SD, Jaffe DB, Jarvis
ED, Jiang H, Kazakov S, Kersey PJ, Kitzman JO, Knight JR, Koren S, Lam TW, Lavenier D,
Laviolette F, Li Y, Li Z, Liu B, Liu Y, Luo R, Maccallum I, Macmanes MD, Maillet N, Melnikov S,
Naquin D, Ning Z, Otto TD, Paten B, Paulo OS, Phillippy AM, Pina-Martins F, Place M, Przybylski
D, Qin X, Qu C, Ribeiro FJ, Richards S, Rokhsar DS, Ruby JG, Scalabrin S, Schatz MC, Schwartz
DC, Sergushichev A, Sharpe T, Shaw TI, Shendure J, Shi Y, Simpson JT, Song H, Tsarev F, Vezzi F,
Vicedomini R, Vieira BM, Wang J, Worley KC, Yin S, Yiu SM, Yuan J, Zhang G, Zhang H, Zhou S,
Korf IF. Assemblathon 2: evaluating de novo methods of genome assembly in three vertebrate species.
(2013) Gigascience 2(10):1-31.
68. Jarvis ED, Yu J, Rivas MV, Horita H, Feenders G, Whitney O, Jarvis S, Jarvis ER, Kubikova L,
Puck AE, Siang-Bakshi C, Martin S, McElroy M, Hara E, Howard J, Mouritsen H, Chen CC, Wada K.
A global view of the functional molecular organization of the avian cerebrum: mirror images andfunctional columns. (2013) J. Comp. Neurol. 521:3614-3665.
69. Chen CC, Winkler CM, Pfenning AR, Jarvis ED. Molecular profiling of the developing avian
telencephalon: regional timing and brain subdivision cotinuities. (2013) J. Comp. Neurol. 521:36663701.
70. Rosselló RA, Chen C-C, Dai R, Howard JT, Hochgeschwender U, Jarvis ED. Mammalian genes
generate partial induced pluripotent stem cells in non-mammalian vertebrate and invertebrate species.
(2013) eLife .2:e00036.1-24.
71. Smulders TV, Jarvis ED. Different mechanisms are responsible for dishabituation ofelectrophysiological auditory responses to a change in acoustic identity than to a change in stimulus
location. (2013) Neurobiology of Learning & Memory. 106:163-176.
72. Striedter GF, Belgard TG, Chen CC, Davis FP, Finlay BL, Güntürkün O, Hale ME, Harris JA, Hecht
EE, Hof PR, Hofmann HA, Holland LZ, Iwaniuk AN, Jarvis ED, Karten HJ, Katz PS, Kristan WB,
Macagno ER, Mitra PP, Moroz LL, Preuss TM, Ragsdale CW, Sherwood CC, Stevens CF, Stüttgen
MC, Tsumoto T, Wilczynski W. NSF workshop report: discovering general principles of nervous
system organization by comparing brain maps across species. (2014) Brain Behav Evol. 83:1-8. Also
in J Comp Neurol. (2014) 522:1445-53.
73. Ganapathy G, Howard JT, Ward JM, Li J, Li B, Li Y, Xiong Y, Zhang Y, Zhou S, Schwartz DC,
Schatz M, Aboukhalil R, Fedrigo O, Bukovnik L, Wang T, Wray G, Rasolonjatovo I, Winer R,
Knight JR, Koren S, Warren WC, Zhang G, Phillippy AM, Jarvis ED. High-coverage sequencing
and annotated assemblies of the budgerigar genome. (2014) Gigascience 3(11):1-9. Cover photo.
74. Kubikova L, Bosikova E, Cvikova M, Lukacova K, Scharff C, Jarvis ED. Basal ganglia function,
stuttering, sequencing, and repair in adult songbirds. (2014) Scientific Reports 4:6590. 1-16.
75. Dai R, Rossello R, Chen C-C, Kessler J, Davison I, Hochgeschwender U, Jarvis ED. Neuronal
Differentiation and maintenance of chicken induced pluripotent stem-like cells. (2014) Stem Cell
International. Article 182737:1-14.
76. Weber CC, Boussau B, Romiguier J, Jarvis ED, Ellegren H. Evidence for GC-biased geneconversion as a driver of between-lineage differences in avian base composition. (2014) Genome
Biology 15(549):1-16.
77. Cui J, Zhao W, Huang Z, Jarvis ED, Gilbert MTP, Walker PJ, Holmes EC, Zhang G. Low frequencyof paleoviral infiltration across the avian phylogeny. (2014) Genome Biology 15(539):1-13.

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78. Li S, Li B, Liu Q, Zeng Y, Cheng C, Lai J, Carey HV, Zhang Q, Xiong Z, Zheng H, Wei S, Zhang H,
Chang L, Liu S, Li N, Xia J, Liu B, Zhang S, Wei X, Yang L, Li H, Liu J, Zhang Z, Luo L, Yu B,
Gao F, Li X, Wang J, Gong Z, Zeng X, Hou Y, Wang J, Kong H, Chu L, Ding H, Tso P, Nie W, Lee
HC, Duan X, Guo Y, Yan C, Chen T, Liu Y, Han J, Zhao J, Wang J, Wang J, Chen C, Liu J, Jarvis
ED, Gilbert MTP, Zhang G, Stambrook PJ, Yang H, Xu M, Yu J, Yan J. Genetic signatures of nearextinction and rebirth in the Crested Ibis and other endangered bird species. (2014) Genome Biology
15(557):1-17. Cover photo.
79. Li C, Zhang Y, Zhao H, Li J, Kong L, Hu H, Pan H, Xu L, Deng Y, Li Q, Jin L, Yu H, Chen Y, Liu B,
Yang L, Liu S, Zhang Y, Lang Y, Xia J, He W, Shi Q, Subramanian S, Millar CD, Meader S, Rands
CM, Fujita MK, Greenwold MJ, Castoe TA, Pollock D, Gu W, Nam K, Ellegren H, Ho SYW, Burt
DW, Ponting SP, Jarvis ED, Gilbert MTP, Lambert DM, Wang J, Zhang J, Zhang G. Two Antarctic
penguin genomes reveal insights into their evolutionary history and molecular changes related to the
Antartic environment. (2014) GigaScience 3(37)1-15.
80. Pereira J, Johnson WE, O’Brien SJ, Jarvis ED, Zhang G, Gilbert MTP, Vasconcelos V, and Antunes
A. Evolutionary genomics and adaptive evolution of the hedgehog gene family (SHH, IHH, and DHH)
in vertebrates. (2014) PLoS ONE. 9(12):e74132. 1-35.
81. Wirthlin M, Lovell PV, Jarvis ED, Mello CV. Comparative genomics reveals molecular featuresunique to the songbird lineage. (2014) BMC Genomics 15:1082. 1-20.
82. Romanov MN, Farre M, Lithgow PE, Fowler KE, Skinner BM, O'Connor R, Fonseka G, Backström
N, Matsuda Y, Nishida C, Houde P, Jarvis ED, Ellegren H, Burt DW, Larkin DM, Griffin DK.
Reconstruction of gross avian genome structure, organization and evolution suggests that the chicken
lineage most closely resembles the dinosaur avian ancestor. (2014) BMC Genomics 15:1060. 1-18.
Cover photo.
83. Callicrate T, Dikow R, Thomas JW, Mullikin JC, Jarvis ED, Fleischer R. Genomic resources for theendangered Hawaiian honeycreepers. (2014) BMC Genomics 15:1098. 1-13.
84. Greenwold MJ Bao W, Jarvis ED, Hu H, Li C, Gilbert MTP, Zhang G, Sawyer RH. Dynamic
evolution of the alpha (α) and beta (β) keratins has shaped feather evolution and accompanied thediversification of birds into novel lifestyles. (2014) BMC Evol Biol 14:249 1-16.
85. Wang R, Chen C-C, Hara E, Rivas MV, Roulhac PL, Howard JT, Chakraborty M, Audet J-N, Jarvis
ED. Convergent differential regulation of SLIT-ROBO axon guidance genes in the brains of vocal
learners. (2015; Epub 2014) J. Comp. Neurol. 523:892-906.
86. Pfenning AR, Hara E, Whitney O, Rivas MR, Wang R, Roulhac P, Howard JT, Wirthlin M, Lovell,
PV, Ganapathy G, Mountcastle JM, Moseley A, Thompson JW, Soderblom EJ, Iriki A, Kato M,
Gilbert MTP, Zhang G, Bakken T, Bongaarts A, Bernard A, Lein E, Mello CV, Hartemink AJ, Jarvis
ED. Convergent transcriptional specializations in the brains of humans and song learning birds. (2014)
Science 346 (6215): 1333 & 1256846-1 to -13.
87. Whitney O†, Pfenning AR†, Howard JT, Blatti CA, Liu F, Ward JM, Wang R, Audet J-N, Kellis M,
Mukherjee S, Sinha S, Hartemink AJ, West AE, Jarvis ED. Core and region enriched gene
expression networks of behaviorally-regulated genes and the singing genome. †Co-first authors.
(2014) Science 346 (6215): 1333 & 1256846-1 to -13.
88. Zhang G†*, Li C†, Li Q, Li B, Larkin DM, Lee C, Storz JF, Antunes A, Greenwold MJ, Meredith RW,Ödeen A, Cui J, Zhou Q, Xu L, Pan H, Wang Z, Jin L, Zhang P, Hu H, Yang W, Hu J, Xiao J, Yang

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Z, Liu Y, Xie Q, Yu H, Lian J, Wen P, Zhang F, Li H, Zeng Y, Xiong Z, Liu S, Zhou L, Huang Z, An
N, Wang J, Zheng Q, Xiong Y, Wang G, Wang B, Wang J, Fan Y, da Fonseca RR, Alfaro-Núñez A,
Schubert M, Orlando L, Mourier T, Howard JT, Ganapathy G, Pfenning AR, Whitney O, Rivas MV,
Hara E, Smith J, Farré M, Narayan J, Slavov G, Romanov MN, Borges R, Machado JP, Khan I,
Springer MS, Gatesy J, Hoffmann FG, Opazo JC, Håstad O, Sawyer RH, Kim H, Kim KW, Kim HJ,
Cho, S, Li N, Huang Y, Bruford MW, Zhan X, Dixon A, Bertelsen MF, Derryberry E, Warren W,
Wilson RK, Li S, Ray DA,, Green RE, O’Brien SJ, Griffin D, Johnson WE, Haussler D, Ryder OA,
Willerslev E, Graves GR, Alström P, Fjeldså J, Mindell DP, Edwards SV, Braun EL, Rahbek C, Burt
DW, Houde P, Zhang Y, Yang H, Wang J, Jarvis ED*, Gilbert MTP*, Wang J* & Avian Genome
Consortium. †Co-first authors *Corresponding authors. Comparative genomics reveals insights into
avian genome evolution and adaptation. (2014) Science 346 (6215): 1311-1320.
89. Zhang G*, Li B, Li C, Gilbert MTP*, The Avian Genome Consortium, Jarvis ED*, Wang J*.
*Corresponding authors. Genomic data of the Avian Phylogenomics Project. (2014) GigaScience
3:26. 1-8.
90. Jarvis ED*†, Mirarab S†, Aberer AJ, Li B, Houde P, Li C, Simon HYW, Faircloth BC, Nabholz B,
Howard JT, Suh A, Weber CC, da Fonseca RR, Li J, Zhang F, Li H, Zhou L, Narula N, Liu L,
Ganapathy G, Boussau C, Md. Bayzid S, Zavidovych V, Subramanian S, Gabaldón T, CapellaGutiérrez S, Huerta-Cepas J, Rekepalli B, Munch K, Schierup M, Lindow B, Warren WC, Ray D,
Green RE, Bruford M, Zhan X, Dixon A, Li S, Li N, Huang Y, Derryberry EP, Bertelsen MF,
Sheldon FH, Brumfield RT, Mello CV, Lovell PV, Wirthlin M, Cruz Schneider MP, Prosdocimi F,
Samaniego JA, Vargas Velazquez AM, Alfaro-Núñez A, Campos PF, Petersen B, Sicheritz-Ponten T,
Pas A, Bailey T, Scofield T, Bunce M, Lambert DM, Zhou Q, Perelman P, Driskell AC, Shapiro B,
Xiong Z, Zeng Y, Liu S, Li Z, Liu B, Wu K, Xiao J, Yinqi X, Zheng Q, Zhang Y, Yang H, Wang J,
Smeds L, Rheindt FE, Braun M, Fjeldsa J, Orlando L, Barker K, Jønsson KA, Johnson W, Koepfli
KP, O'Brien SJ, Haussler D, Ryder OA, Rahbek C, Willerslev E, Graves GR, Glenn TC, McCormack
J, Burt D, Ellegren H, Alström P, Edwards SV, Stamatakis A, Mindell DP, Cracraft J, Braun EL,
Warnow T, Jun W*, Gilbert MTP*, and Zhang G*. Whole genome analyses resolve the earlybranches to the Tree of Life of modern birds. †Co-first authors *Corresponding authors. (2014)
Science 346 (6215): 1320-1331. Cover photo.
91. Jarvis ED*, Mirarab S, Aberer AJ, Li B, Houde P, Li C, Ho SYW, Faircloth BC, Nabholz B,
Howard JT, Suh S, Weber CC, Fonseca RR, Alfaro-Núñez A, Narula N, Liu L, Burt DW, Ellegren E,
Edwards SV, Stamatakis A, Mindell DP, Cracraft J, Braun EL, Warnow T, Jun W, Gilbert MTP, Zhang
G, and The Avian Phylogenomics Consortium. Phylogenomics data of the Avian Phylogenomics
Project. (2015; Epub 2014) GigaScience 4:4. 1-9. Cover photo.
92. Green RE, Braun EL, Armstrong J, Earl D, Nguyen N, Hickey G, Vandewege MW, St John JA,
Capella-Gutiérrez S, Castoe TA, Kern C, Fujita MK, Opazo JC, Jurka J, Kojima KK, Caballero J,
Hubley RM, Smit AF, Platt RN, Lavoie CA, Ramakodi MP, Finger Jr. JW, Suh A, Isberg SR, Miles
L, Chong AY, Jaratlerdsir W, Gongora J, Moran C, Iriarte A, McCormack J, Burgess SC, Edwards
SV, Lyons E, Williams C, Breen M, Howard JT, Gresham CR, Peterson DG, Schmitz J, Pollock DD,
Haussler D, Triplett EW, Zhang G, Irie N, Jarvis ED, Brochu CA, Schmidt CJ, McCarthy FM,
Faircloth BC, Hoffmann FG, Glenn TC, Gabaldón T, Paten B, and Ray DA. Three crocodilian
genomes reveal ancestral patterns of evolution among archosaurs. (2014) Science 346 (6215): 1335 &
1254449-1 to -9.
93. Zhou Q, Zhang J, Bachtrog D, An N, Huang Q, Jarvis ED, Gilbert MTP, Zhang G. Sex
chromosomes demonstrate complex evolutionary trajectories across bird taxa. (2014) Science 346(6215): 1332 & 1246338-1 to -8.

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94. Meredith RW, Zhang G, Gilbert MTP, Jarvis ED, Springer MS. Evidence for a single loss ofmineralized teeth in the common avian ancestor. (2014) Science 346 (6215): 1336 & 1254390-1 to -6.
95. Guojie Z, Jarvis ED, Gilbert MTP. A flock of genomes (2014) Science 346 (6215) 1308.
96. Eöry L, Gilbert MTP, Li C, Li B, Archibald A, Aken BL, Zhang G, Jarvis ED, Flicek P, Burt DW.
Avianbase: a community resource for bird genomics. (2015) Genome Biology 16:21. 1-4.
97. Chabout J, Sarkar A, Dunson DB, Jarvis ED. Male mice song syntax depends on social contexts andinfluences female preferences. (2015) Front. Behavioral Neurosci. 9:76. 1-16.
98. Arriaga G, Macopson JJ, Jarvis ED. Transsynaptic tracking from peripheral targets withpseudorabies virus followed by cholera toxin and biotinylated dextran amines double labeling. (2015)
J Vis Exp (JoVE) (in press).
99. Chakraborty M, Walløe S, Nedergaard S, Fridel EE, Dabelsteen T, Pakkenberg B, Bertelsen MF,
Dorrestein GM, Brauth SE, Durand SE, Jarvis ED. Core and shell song systems unique to the parrot
brain. (2015) PLoS ONE (in press, June).
100.
Genomics: Bird sequencing project takes off. Zhang G, Rahbek C, Graves G, Lei F, Jarvis ED,
Gilbert MTP. (2015) Nature 522, 34.
Invited peer-review articles:
101.
Rudner R, Studamire B, Jarvis ED. Determination of restriction fragment length polymorphisms
in bacteria using ribosomal RNA genes. (1994) Methods in Enzymology 235:184-196.
102.
Reiner A, Perkel D, Mello CV, Jarvis ED. Songbirds and the new avian brain nomenclature.
(2004) Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1016: 77-108. Cover photo.
103.
Jarvis ED. Learned birdsong and the neurobiology of human language. (2004) Ann. N.Y. Acad.
Sci. 1016: 746-777. Cover photo.
104.
Jarvis ED. Evolution of brain structures for vocal learning in birds: a synopsis. (2006) Acta
Zoologica Sinica. 52:85-89. Invited paper for the 23rd International Ornithology Conference.
105.
Jarvis ED. Selection for and against vocal learning in birds and mammals. (2006)
Ornithological Science. 5:5-14. Invited article for special feature on neuroecology of birdsong.
106.
Jarvis ED. Neural systems for vocal learning in birds and humans: a synopsis. (2007) J.
Ornithology. 143:S35-44. Special issue for International Ornithology Conference. Plenary lectures.
107. Genome10K Community of Scientists (Koepfli K-P, Paten B, Antunes A, Belov K, Bustamante C,
Castoe TA, Clawson H, Crawford AJ, Diekhans M, Distel D, Durbin R, Earl D, Fujita MK, Gamble T,
Georges A, Gemmell N, Gilbert MTP, Graves JM, Green RE, Hickey G, Jarvis ED, Johnson W,
Komissarov A, Korf I, Kuhn R, Larkin DM, Lewin H, Lopez JV, Ma J, Marques-Bonet T, Miller W,
Murphy R, Pevzner P, Shapiro B, Steiner C, Tamazian G, Venkatesh B, Wang J, Wayne R, Wiley E,
Yang H, Zhang G, Haussler D, Ryder O, O’Brien SJ) The Genome 10K Project - A Way Forward.
(2015) Ann. Rev. Animal BioScience. 3:57-111.
108. Unsolved Mysteries: Vocal learning and spoken language: PLoS Biology (in review).
Invited Book Chapters:

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109. Rudner R, Jarvis ED, Widom RL. Chromosomal organization and spontaneous deletions of rrn
operons in Bacillus subtilis. (1988) In: Genetics and Biotechnology of Bacilli Vol 2. JA Hoch, AT
Ganesan (eds). Academic Press, San Diego. pp. 115-120.
110. Mello CV, Jarvis ED, Denisenko N, Rivas M. Isolation of song-regulated genes in the brain of
songbirds. (1997) In: Methods in Molecular Biology, Differential Display Methods and Protocols.
Liang P, Pardee AB (eds), Humana Press, NJ. 85:205-217.
111. Mello CV, Jarvis ED. Applying differential display to brain research. (1999) In: Techniques for
Behavioral and Neural Sciences. Crusio WE, Gerlai RT (eds). Elsevier Science, Netherlands,
Amsterdam. 13:200-211.
112. Modulation of movement by the basal ganglia. Chapter 17 In: Neuroscience, 2nd edition. Hall W,
Nicolelis M, Jarvis ED (2000). Purves D, Augustine GJ, Fitzpatrick D, Katz LC, McNamara JO,
Williams M (eds). Sinauer Associates, MA. pp. 391-407. (3rd edition in 2004)
113. Modulation of movement by the cerebellum. Chapter 18 In: Neuroscience, 2nd edition. Hall W,
Jarvis ED (2000). D Purves, GJ Augustine, D. Fitzpatrick, LC Katz, JO McNamara, Williams M(eds). Sinauer Associates, MA. pp. 409-426. (3rd edition in 2004)
114. Jarvis ED Brains and birdsong. (2004) In: Nature's Music: The Science Of Birdsong. Marler P,
Slabberkoorn H (eds) Elsevier-Academic Press, NY. pp. 239-275.
115. Jarvis ED Evolution of vocal learning systems in birds and humans. (2006) In: Evolution of
Nervous Systems. Kaas J (ed). 2:213-228.
116. Riener A, Perkel DJ, Mello CV, Jarvis ED. Songbirds and the revised avian brain nomenclature.
(2008) In: The Neuroscience of Birdsong. Ziegler and Marler (eds). Cambridge University Press.
pp. 58-62.
117. Mello CV, Jarvis ED. Behavior-dependent expression of inducible genes in vocal learning birds.
(2008) In: The Neuroscience of Birdsong. Ziegler and Marler (eds). Cambridge University Press.
pp. 381-397.
118. Jarvis ED. Bird Brain: Evolution. (2009) In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Squire LR (ed).
Oxford: Academic Press 2:209-215.
119. Jarvis ED. Bird Song Systems: Evolution. (2009) In: Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Squire LR(ed). Oxford: Academic Press. 2:217-255
120. Jarvis ED. Evolution of the pallium in birds and reptiles. (2009) In: New Encyclopedia of
Neuroscience. Marc D. Binder, Nobutaka Hirokawa and Uwe Windhorst (eds). Ann Butler (sub-ed).
Springer-Verlag GmbH Berlin Heidelberg. 15 pages.
121. Rivas M, Jarvis ED. Behaviorally regulated mRNA and protein expression in the songbird brain.
(2009) In: Neuroproteomics. Frontiers in Neuroscience series. Alzate O (ed). pp. 239-262.
122. Balaban E, Edelman S, Grillner S, Grodzinski U, Jarvis ED, Kaas JH, Laurent G, Pipa G.
Evolution of dynamic coordination (2010). In: Dynamic Coordination in the Brain: From Neurons
to Mind. Malsburg C von der, Phillips WA, Singer W (eds). Strungmann Forum Reports. Lupp J(series Ed.) MIT Press, Cambridge MA. 59-82.

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123. Fitch WT, and Jarvis ED. Birdsong and other animal models for human speech, song, and vocal
learning (2013). In: Language, Music, and the Brain: A Mysterious Relationship, ed. Michael A.
Arbib, Strüngmann Forum Reports, vol. 10. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
124. Cross I, Fitch WT, Aboitiz F, Iriki A, Jarvis ED, Lewis J, Liebal K, Merker B, Stout D, Trehub SE.
Culture and Evolution. In: Language, Music, and the Brain: A Mysterious Relationship. Michael A.
Arbib (ed). Strüngmann Forum Reports, vol. 10. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
125. Jarvis ED. (2013) Evolution of brain pathways for vocal learning in birds and human. In: Birdsong,
Speech, and Language, Bolhuis J (ed.). MIT Press.
126. Wada K, Chen C-C, Jarvis ED. Detecting neural activity-dependent immediate early gene
expression in the brain. Methods in Neuroethological Research. (2013) 133-149.
127. Wada K, Chen C-C, Jarvis ED. Molecular profiling reveals insight into avian brain organizationand functional columnar commonalities with mammals. (2015) In: Shaping the design of brain
systems: From single cell origins to higher cognitive function. Shigeno S, Murakami Y, Nomura T(eds.). Springer (in press).

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