Matosin, Natalie Dr

Dr Natalie Matosin is group leader of the Mental Illness and Disorders of Stress (MINDS) Lab at the University of Wollongong's Molecular Horizons and Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institutes. 

The MINDS Lab broadly aims to understand how stress contributes to the development of mental illness.

We aim to understand what happens to the cells and molecules in the human brain after stress exposure or in mental illness. To do this, we predominately study human brain specimens from people who used to live with a mental illness and/or had very stressful lives. We use these specimens to pinpoint differences in the shapes, numbers, orientation and connections of brain cells, as well as what is happening inside them. Our research is unique in that we implement unbiased multi-omics approaches, and combine them with advanced histological methods to take genetic findings to the cellular level. We also work closely with our collaborators to use human stem-cell and animal models to further study our research questions. Our research provides the fundamental knowledge needed to develop new treatments and interventions for mental illnesses.

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