Levin, Michael

Bioelectric signaling: Reprogrammable circuits underlying embryogenesis, regeneration, and cancer

Levin, M. (2021) · Cell

Planarian Biology and ElectrostimulationDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 505

Role of membrane potential in the regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation

Sundelacruz, S., Levin, M., & Kaplan, D. L. (2009) · Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Planarian Biology and ElectrostimulationDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 489

Bioelectric controls of cell proliferation: Ion channels, membrane voltage and the cell cycle

Blackiston, D. J., McLaughlin, K. A., & Levin, M. (2009) · Cell Cycle

Ion channel regulation and functionIon Transport and Channel Regulation

Cited by 468

Reframing cognition: getting down to biological basics

Lyon, P., Keijzer, F., Arendt, D., & Levin, M. (2021) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Embodied and Extended CognitionCognitive Science and Education Research

Cited by 275

Membrane Potential Controls Adipogenic and Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Sundelacruz, S., Levin, M., & Kaplan, D. L. (2008) · PLoS ONE

Mesenchymal stem cell researchPluripotent Stem Cells Research

Cited by 249

Biological underpinnings for lifelong learning machines

Kudithipudi, D., Aguilar-Simon, M., Babb, J., Bazhenov, M., Blackiston, D., Bongard, J., Brna, A. P., Chakravarthi Raja, S., Cheney, N., Clune, J., et al. (2022) · Nature Machine Intelligence

Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot LearningNeural Networks and Applications

Cited by 236

Knowing one's place: a free-energy approach to pattern regulation

Friston, K., Levin, M., Sengupta, B., & Pezzulo, G. (2015) · Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Developmental Biology and Gene RegulationEmbodied and Extended Cognition

Cited by 234

Technological Approach to Mind Everywhere: An Experimentally-Grounded Framework for Understanding Diverse Bodies and Minds

Levin, M. (2022) · Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Embodied and Extended CognitionPhilosophy and Theoretical Science

Cited by 195

A cellular platform for the development of synthetic living machines

Blackiston, D., Lederer, E., Kriegman, S., Garnier, S., Bongard, J., & Levin, M. (2021) · Science Robotics

Modular Robots and Swarm IntelligenceMicro and Nano Robotics

Cited by 178

Resting potential, oncogene-induced tumorigenesis, and metastasis: the bioelectric basis of cancer in vivo

Lobikin, M., Chernet, B., Lobo, D., & Levin, M. (2012) · Physical Biology

Planarian Biology and ElectrostimulationDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 166

Bioelectric signaling regulates head and organ size during planarian regeneration

Beane, W. S., Morokuma, J., Lemire, J. M., & Levin, M. (2013) · Development

Planarian Biology and ElectrostimulationDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Cited by 155

Transmembrane voltage potential is an essential cellular parameter for the detection and control of tumor development in a Xenopus model

Chernet, B. T., & Levin, M. (2013) · Disease Models & Mechanisms

Plant and Biological Electrophysiology StudiesPlanarian Biology and Electrostimulation

Cited by 148

Collective intelligence: a unifying concept for integrating biology across scales and substrates

McMillen, P., & Levin, M. (2024) · Communications Biology

Complex Systems and DynamicsModular Robots and Swarm Intelligence

Cited by 122

Competency in Navigating Arbitrary Spaces as an Invariant for Analyzing Cognition in Diverse Embodiments

Fields, C., & Levin, M. (2022) · Entropy

Embodied and Extended CognitionPhilosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation

Cited by 121

Life, death, and self: fundamental questions of primitive cognition viewed through the lens of body plasticity and synthetic organisms

Levin, M. (2021) · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Embodied and Extended CognitionPhilosophy and Theoretical Science

Cited by 92

General Principles for Measuring Resting Membrane Potential and Ion Concentration Using Fluorescent Bioelectricity Reporters

Adams, D. S., & Levin, M. (2012) · Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy TechniquesMolecular Sensors and Ion Detection

Cited by 88

Modeling somatic computation with non-neural bioelectric networks

Manicka, S., & Levin, M. (2019) · Scientific Reports

Neural dynamics and brain functionPlant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies

Cited by 41

The multiscale wisdom of the body: collective intelligence as a tractable interface for next-generation biomedicine

Levin, M. (2025) · BioEssays

Planarian Biology and ElectrostimulationBiofield Effects and Biophysics

Cited by 34

Delusions by design? How everyday AIs might be fuelling psychosis (and what can be done about it)

Morrin, H., Nicholls, L., Levin, M., Yiend, J., Iyengar, U., DelGuidice, F., Bhattacharyya, S., MacCabe, J., Tognin, S., Twumasi, R., et al. (2025)

Ethics and Social Impacts of AIArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education

Cited by 24

From reinforcement learning to agency: Frameworks for understanding basal cognition

Seifert, G., Sealander, A., Marzen, S., & Levin, M. (2024) · BioSystems

Reinforcement Learning in RoboticsPsychiatry, Mental Health, Neuroscience

Cited by 16

Delusions by design? How everyday AIs might be fuelling psychosis (and what can be done about it)

Morrin, H., Nicholls, L., Levin, M., Yiend, J., Iyengar, U., DelGuidice, F., Bhattacharyya, S., MacCabe, J., Tognin, S., Twumasi, R., et al. (2025)

Ethics and Social Impacts of AIArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education

Cited by 14

Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of gallstone disease

Lim, J., Vujkovic, M., Levin, M. G., Lorenz, K., Voight, B. F., Zhang, D. Y., Dudek, M. F., Pahl, M. C., Pippin, J. A., Su, C., et al. (2026) · Nature Communications

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders

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