2025-04-01 17:17:08 - Welcoming a “mini team” of CS undergrads to the Mattis lab!
We are very excited to welcome a "mini team" of UMich CS students to the lab to contribute to our data analysis efforts! Sreyashi Mondal and Alexander Sajdak are sophomores studying CS. Saif Siddiqui is a junior studying CS on the pre-medical track. We think there's a lot to gain by bringing computer science students into a neuroscience lab, and we are looking forward to working together!
2025-03-03 16:05:21 - Our work is highlighted as part of the UM Medical School’s “Great Minds, Greater Discoveries” strategic research planWe were privileged to have our
Research Scouts award project publicized by the University of Michigan Medical School. Thank you to the Research Communication team for helping us to share our work!
2025-02-17 17:57:08 - Joanna gives a talk at the annual Biophysical Society Conference
Joanna was an invited speaker at the "Optogenetics: From Signaling to Cell Behavior" symposium at the Biophysical Society 69th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. Thank you to the organizers for the invitation!
2025-02-17 09:29:06 - Meiling receives the Mary & Peter Jessel Gift
Meiling was awarded a gift provided by Drs. Mary (Heng) Jessel and Peter Jessel in honor of the memory of Dr. Thomas Heng, Dr. Mary Jessel's late father. This award is intended to support a Neuroscience Graduate Student or Post-Doctoral Fellow in the laboratory of a Department of Neurology investigator. We are very grateful to the Jessels for this generous gift, which will support Meiling's postdoctoral work this year. Congratulations, Meiling!
2025-02-07 17:07:27 - New undergraduate student joins the lab
We are excited to welcome Ruitao to the lab! He is a junior at UofM and plans to pursue a PhD upon graduation. Ruitao will be working with Chandni and Xiaogang to study seizure mechanisms in a mouse model of Focal Cortical Dysplasia.
