2026-06-15 23:44:40 - Celebrating 4 years of the lab!
The Mattis lab is 4 years old! We had a joyful celebration including lab alumni, established lab members, and recent arrivals. We've achieved a lot already and there are so many things to look forward to accomplishing during the next 4 years!
2026-06-15 12:29:37 - Kashvi joins the lab
We are excited to welcome Kashvi as a new technician in the lab! Kashvi recently graduated from Rutgers with a degree in Cell Biology and Neuroscience, with an honor's thesis focused on meningeal lymphatic vasculature. She will work with Joe to manage the lab's mouse colonies, and with Krystal to investigate mechanisms of SUDEP. Welcome, Kashvi!
2026-06-11 20:53:26 - Angad joins the lab
We are excited to welcome Angad Chauhan as a new undergraduate student in the lab! Angad is a rising freshman who already gained a significant amount of computational research experience - including analysis of EEG data - as a high school student. Angad intends to major in Biomolecular Sciences and then to attend medical school. Angad will join an ongoing team effort to characterize the postictal state in the Dravet syndrome mouse model. Welcome, Angad!
2026-06-08 23:22:37 - Curing the Epilepsies
Krystal and Joanna attended the 2026 Curing the Epilepsies conference at the NIH. This conference was co-hosted by the NIH and the American Epilepsy Society, and was designed as a forum for the epilepsy research community to gather to assess advances in the field, identify gaps in knowledge and translation, and identify transformative priorities. The eventual outcome of this meeting will be revised Epilepsy Research Benchmarks to guide the field over the next 5-7 years. It was a privilege to be a part of this crucial conversation.
2026-05-19 18:36:41 - Impromptu “reunion” in Japan!
Krystal (current PhD student, taking a well-deserved holiday) and Ruitao (the lab's most recent undergrad alum, soon to start a PhD program) managed to meet up in Japan.
