Lab News

Oct 25, 2022 - First surgery!
First stereotaxic viral injections complete in the Mattis Lab! Thousands more to go...

Sep 29, 2022 - First seizure!
Today we successfully elicited a seizure in a mouse in the Mattis Lab! The first of many...

Aug 25, 2022 - Nagham and Rida join the lab
We are excited to welcome to the lab our first two University of Michigan undergraduate students. Welcome, Nagham Eldroubi and Rida Qureshi!

Aug 04, 2022 - Joanna presents at the Epilepsy GRC
Joanna presents her post-doctoral work at the Epilepsy Gordon Research Conference, held in Barcelona, Spain.

Jul 20, 2022 - Joanna presents at Grand Rounds
Joanna gives a talk to the Department of Neurology at the University of Michigan. Thanks to all those who attended in person or on zoom!

Jun 24, 2022 - Julia joins the lab
Julia Kravchenko signs on to join the lab as a Lab Technician Senior. Julia graduated from University of Michigan in 2022, with a multiple award-winning Honors Thesis entitled "Contributions of GABAergic cells in the anterior and posterior ventral pallidum on 'liking' and 'wanting'". Welcome, Julia!

Jun 15, 2022 - Opening day
The official first day of the Mattis lab.

Jun 01, 2022 - Joe joins the lab
Joseph Barden joins the lab as a Research Laboratory Specialist Associate. Joe is an experienced technician and laboratory manager, as well as an avid pianist. Welcome, Joe!

Mar 14, 2022 - Joanna publishes in eLife
Joanna’s post-doc paper (with mentor Dr. Ethan Goldberg at CHOP) is published! Read about “Corticohippocampal circuit dysfunction in a mouse model of Dravet Syndrome”: https://elifesciences.org/articles/69293

Jan 27, 2022 - Coming to Michigan!
Joanna formally signs on to join the Department of Neurology at the University of Michigan.