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Natalie Matosin

@nataliematosin.bsky.social
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Neurobiologist // Mother // Waterwoman Head of the @MINDSLab.bsky.social Wake up kids, we got the dreamer’s disease 📍The University of Sydney 🔗 mindslaboratory.com

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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Its not too late!! Get your abstracts in #NeuroAlliance2026 Wonderful opportunity to visit Sydney and check out multidisciplinary neuroscience research 🤓
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Stress can trigger symptoms in #schizophrenia. We've known that for decades, but not why. We found the chemical tags that keep the key stress gene #FKBP5 in check have worn away, leaving the #stress system switched on. Our latest in The American Journal of Psychiatry @apajournals.bsky.social 🧠
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Looking forward to the @eurekaprizes.bsky.social awards on Thursday! You can livestream the event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unop...
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2026 Eureka Prizes Award Ceremony Livestream
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Its not too late!! Get your abstracts in #NeuroAlliance2026 Wonderful opportunity to visit Sydney and check out multidisciplinary neuroscience research 🤓
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Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🌅 EMCR Mentoring Breakfast at #NeuroAlliance2026 Tues 1 Dec · 7–8:30am · Zeta Bar, Hilton Sydney $10 · Places limited 👉 Register with your conference registration: neuroalliance26.eventsairsite.com/registration Image: Unsplash/Nick Jones.
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Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society @acnsau.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Join us for the #NeuroAlliance2026 Networking Event! 📅 Tuesday 1 December 🕖 7–11 pm 📍 Doltone House, Darling Island Wharf Enjoy waterfront views, food, live entertainment and an evening of connecting with the neuroscience community. 🧠✨ 🎟️ Tickets available during registration.
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Hi everyone! Reminder that abstracts for #NeuroAlliance2026 are closing today at 11.59pm. Don't miss out to be considered for conference presentation awards! @biolpsychaust.bsky.social @ausneurosoc.bsky.social @acnsau.bsky.social
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
What an honour! Congrats to all the other finalists. Looking forward to the celebrations in September
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Sit back, relax, sip on a beverage of your choice, and listen to 45min of Nat Mat explaining what stress does to your brain, and why you need to stress less Raising the Bar - What stress does to the brain Thursday 7 May, 8:00PM Mountain Culture Beer Co, 158 Regent St, Redfern lnkd.in/gQVM9GyC
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🧵 When I started working on #FKBP5 as a postdoc in Elisabeth's lab, I was surprised that there are actually four splice variants of the gene that produce two different #FKBP51 proteins with different functions - yet we know very little about them!
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Stephanie Hicks @stephaniehicks.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I am very excited to share this book! It has been so much to collaborate on the project. We hope you find it useful!
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American Psychiatric Association @apapsychiatric.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
In an AJP editorial, @sophiedebs.bsky.social and @nataliematosin.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au discuss a study that unlocks the molecular secrets of the human habenula. bit.ly/3LyVicX
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Fabulous job on this paper, check it out if you haven't yet.
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Louise Huuki-Myers @lahuuki.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Proud to announce our paper ‘Transcriptomic Analysis of the Human Habenula in Schizophrenia’ from @lieberinstitute.bsky.social is the cover article for the November issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry! 🧠 #HabenulaLIBD #snRNAseq #Habenula doi.org/10.1176/appi...
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Transcriptomic Analysis of the Human Habenula in Schizophrenia | American Journal of Psychiatry
Objective: The objective of this study was to define the molecular neuroanatomy of the human habenula (Hb) and identify transcriptomic differences between brains of individuals with schizophrenia and ...
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MINDS Lab USYD @mindslab.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
New lab paper! @sophiedebs.bsky.social and @nataliematosin.bsky.social discuss a recent study from LIBD investigating the transcriptomic landscape of the human habenula in schizophrenia 🧠 Our editorial: psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/... 📜 The original study: psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Thanks to BPA for receiving the work so well and all the positive feedback. The conference was a huge success, well done to Leigh and Alex and the LOC. Looking forward to the Australasian Neuroscience Alliance meeting in Sydney next year!
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
~dogfish
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Home 💜
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Latest lab preprint! Astrocytes are a brain cell type vulnerable to the effects of stress and the development of psychiatric-like phenotypes in animals, yet how this translates to humans is unclear... so we dived in: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Astrocytic glutamate regulation is shaped by adversity and glucocorticoid signalling
Astrocytes are a brain cell type vulnerable to the effects of stress and the development of psychiatric-like phenotypes in animals, yet how this translates to humans is unclear. Here, we probed the di...
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Wonderful visits, highlighted the need for face-to-face interactions. Cant wait for all our upcoming collabs 🙌 thanks for carving time out to come see us @drcricru.bsky.social @nikosdaskalakis.bsky.social @rcbagot.bsky.social
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Microdosing delight to combat stress; interesting concept, backed by neuroscience. Was a pleasure to comment on the very excellent work of @drrachelbarr.bsky.social ‬on how the experience of delight can tune down our stress response. @brainandmindcentre.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/he...
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As we stress more than ever, is it time to ‘microdose delight’?
Our brains are not built to handle the daily threats modern humans face. But there’s a trick that may help them.
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
BIOLOGICAL STRESS
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JAMA @jama.com · 02/08/2025
US children's health has worsened from 2007 to 2023 across various indicators, including mortality, chronic conditions, and mental health. ja.ma/4lZnRxG #MedSky #PedSky
Figure 1. All-Cause Mortality Rates per 100 000 in the US vs OECD18 for <1-Year-Old Infants and 1- to 19-Year-Old Individuals, 2007-2022
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Joar Øveraas Halvorsen @joarhalvorsen.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
This title! “What happens to children’s mental health when we treat their parent’s depression? We have no idea. An empty systematic review.” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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What happens to children’s mental health when we treat their parent’s depression? We have no idea. An empty systematic review | Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy | Cambridge Core
What happens to children’s mental health when we treat their parent’s depression? We have no idea. An empty systematic review
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Reminder that applications are due this week!
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Looking for the next member of our team to support our ongoing projects. Check out the PD and if you think you're a fit, please apply!
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
This is important
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
A pleasure to spend the last week with @drcricru.bsky.social - to share her fascinating work on brain/placenta with my colleagues at @Sydney_Uni and introduce her to our beautiful city + home. So lucky to have had extended time to bounce ideas and ponder life with this brilliant mind✨
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MINDS Lab USYD @mindslab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Check out our new paper led by the MINDS Lab original mass spec baddie @katrinazedmond.bsky.social 💃
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨 Thrilled to share our latest work in "The Neurobiology of Stress" where we highlight the intricate roles of neuropeptides and neurosteroids in psychiatric disorders, & how new technologies can answer old questions about these important signallers. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Expanding our understanding of (mal)adapted stress physiology in psychiatric disorders: achieving single-cell characterisation of steroids and neuropeptides
Steroid hormones and neurosteroids (collectively neuroactive steroids), alongside neuropeptides, are key modulators of the central nervous system. The…
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Unbelievable to think about what this is doing at the health level and a focus of the #sydneyhorizonfellows
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Thrilled that @rcbagot.bsky.social will be visiting us at The University of Sydney and delivering a Flagship seminar on August 11 on the mechanisms of resilience. Please join by registering here events.humanitix.com/soms-flagshi...
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BiolPsychAust @biolpsychaust.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Yes - Biological Psychiatry Australia is now on Bluesky! Please follow us for #biologicalpsychiatry research news Watch this space! 👀
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Biological Psychiatry Australia @biolpsychaust.bsky.social have joined Bluesky! If you are a #biologicalpsychiatry #molecularpsychiatry researcher, give them a follow for research and news in this exciting area of research #neuroskyence
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I spent all day doing finances which was a bit miserable, so here’s a timeline cleanse 🩵✨
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Psychiatric disorders share genetic roots, but the mechanisms are unclear. With exon-level brain data, we linked common & rare variants to 110 core genes in pathways such as cortisol & dopamine cascades, mainly in excitatory neurons, offering new therapeutic targets 🧠✨ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Exon-variant interplay and multi-modal evidence identify endocrine dysregulation in severe psychiatric disorders impacting excitatory neurons - Translational Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry - Exon-variant interplay and multi-modal evidence identify endocrine dysregulation in severe psychiatric disorders impacting excitatory neurons
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The thing no one tells you about having small children is that if you try to wake up at an ungodly hour to work, they will just wake up at that time too.
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
When the conference organizers ask if you can send in your slides a week in advance
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Thanks to Biological Psychiatry Australia for recognising our lab @mindslab.bsky.social and all their hard work. Who's coming to #BPA2025?
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Sydney skyline 🩵
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
A little quiet on the interwebs of late; a combination of slowing down in life and speeding up at work. Now that the lab move is complete, it’s all systems go. Excited about what’s brewing in the science cauldron! We have a ton of papers under review right now, so watch this space.
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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
If you’re wondering whether or not new neurons are generated in the adult human brain, this is your lucky day. Here’s my lab’s most recent paper, precisely on this topic. Kudos to PhD student Sophie Simard and to collaborators Corina Nagy and @nataliematosin.bsky.social. www.jpn.ca/content/49/5...
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Spatial transcriptomic analysis of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in the human brain
Background Adult hippocampal neurogenesis has been extensively characterized in rodent models, but its existence in humans remains controversial. We sought to assess the phenomenon in postmortem human...
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Another wonderful paper, great work Schmidt lab!
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
If you are in #MolecularPsychiatry research, and interested in accessing existing samples/establishing #collaboration to boost your research, check out the Consortium for Preclinical Psychiatric Research. A great and productive group to be a part of! figshare.com/articles/onl...
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Consortium for Preclinical Psychiatric Research - Knowledge databank
Psychiatric research knowledge-bank. This resource is a knowledge bank of current as well as archived data sets and tissue banks from animal and cellular models relevant to psychiatric disorders, clin...
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Brain and Mind Centre @brainandmindcentre.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Don't miss the first SoMs Neuroscience Theme Meeting for 2025 - Tuesday 18 Feb with two fabulous speakers, Asheeta Prasad , and @nataliematosin.bsky.social ⬇️ @kevinkeay.bsky.social @sydneyuni.bsky.social
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John Lukens @lukensjohnr.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Microglial plasticity governed by state-specific enhancer landscapes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Microglial plasticity governed by state-specific enhancer landscapes
Single-cell transcriptomic studies have identified distinct microglial subpopulations with shared and divergent gene signatures across development, aging and disease. Whether these microglial subsets ...
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
🔔 New preprint 🔔 We show our previously reported heightened FKBP5 gene expression in psychiatric disorders and with age are likely to be moderated by epigenetic mechanisms. Great work by @katrinazedmond.bsky.social and Dominic Kaul with collaborators Elisabeth Binder and @lieberinstitute.bsky.social
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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
An enormous year for our lab moving to USyd and *A LOT* happened. Check out our 2024 wrap-up 💌👇 Happy holidays and Happy New Year. I'm offline for a long summer break, and I'll be back late January 2025. Thanks @mindslab.bsky.social for another year mindslaboratory.wordpress.com/2024/12/29/t...
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The 2024 Wrap-Up
I have this bow and arrow analogy that I think about often when going through stages of resistance and inertia. The concept is that while it feels frustrating, being pulled back is the crucial prec…
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Naguib Mechawar @naguibmechawar.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
New paper alert! We previously reported that early-life adversity is associated with an increase in perineuronal nets in human prefrontal cortex. This new study implicates microglia in this phenomenon. Special kudos to Drs Belliveau and Rahimian! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Evidence of microglial involvement in the childhood abuse-associated increase in perineuronal nets in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Microglia, known for their diverse roles in the central nervous system, have recently been recognized for their involvement in degrading the extracell…
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