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Dr. Natalie Matosin is a Research Fellow and Director of the MINDS Lab (Mental Illness, Neurobiology, and Disorders of Stress) at the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre. She holds prestigious fellowships, including the Sydney Horizon Fellowship and the Al & Val Rosenstrauss Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation Fellowship. Her research focuses on single-cell resolution analysis of brain cells to develop personalized therapies for brain illnesses such as mental disorders, dementias, and traumatic brain injury. She has established an independent laboratory at the University of Wollongong in 2018 before joining Sydney.
Education: Dr. Matosin earned her PhD in neuroscience from the University of Wollongong in 2015. Postdoctoral training at UNSW Sydney and the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich honed her expertise in next-generation sequencing and advanced histology techniques for analyzing postmortem human brain tissue.
Research Interests: Her work integrates molecular biology, bioinformatics, and translational research to study stress physiology, synaptic pathology, and epigenetic mechanisms (e.g., DNA methylation of FKBP5). Key themes include the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and depression, as well as the impact of stress on brain structure and function. She emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches, leveraging spatial omics and multi-omic data to map disease mechanisms.
- Scientific Awards: Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (2020), TEDx speaker, NHMRC Fellow, International Brain Research Organisation Fellow, Humboldt Foundation Fellow.
Advising & Grants: Matosin leads international collaborations and has secured grants including the Australian Research Council Discovery Projects (DP24), Sydney Horizon Fellowship (2023), and Faculty of Medicine and Health startup funding (2024). Her grants investigate adult neurogenesis, cortical aging effects, and stress-induced molecular changes in psychiatric disorders. While no specific advisees/students are listed, her lab (MINDS) actively engages in collaborative research across multiple countries.
Labs & Teams: The MINDS Lab is central to her work, focusing on neurobiology of stress and mental health. Her team spans institutions in Australia, USA, Canada, Germany, Croatia, Iceland, and Sweden, emphasizing global partnership in translational neuroscience projects.
