(aka)Matsu lab
@matsulab.com
We are a cell biology lab based at the University of Washington established in 2022. Computational modeling, human stem cell genome-editing, fluorescence microscopy to study forces by the actin cytoskeleton in endocytosis.
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Congratulations to our own @atsushimatsuda.bsky.social on a fabulous new method accurately measuring 3D cellular membrane curvature from cryo-electron tomograms! @minismk.bsky.social, @ctleelab.bsky.social Interactive explainer: matsulabuw.github.io/mem-pinn/ reader.openrxivlabs.org/content/10.6...
August 20, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Congratulations to our own @atsushimatsuda.bsky.social on a fabulous new method accurately measuring 3D cellular membrane curvature from cryo-electron tomograms! @minismk.bsky.social, @ctleelab.bsky.social Interactive explainer: matsulabuw.github.io/mem-pinn/ reader.openrxivlabs.org/content/10.6...
Congratulations to Kenny Vo, who has brought is computer sciences skills to our lab for the last year, kept us on track with our code, and always knew the best anime to watch! We'll miss you, Kenny!
#UWGraduate
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#UWGraduate
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June 13, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Congratulations to Kenny Vo, who has brought is computer sciences skills to our lab for the last year, kept us on track with our code, and always knew the best anime to watch! We'll miss you, Kenny!
#UWGraduate
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#UWGraduate
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Congratulations to our newly graduated Benjamin Brown, we'll miss your mathematical brain, rigorous questions, and book/movie ratings! Can't wait to see all the Awesomeness you'll get up to in grad school!
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June 12, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Congratulations to our newly graduated Benjamin Brown, we'll miss your mathematical brain, rigorous questions, and book/movie ratings! Can't wait to see all the Awesomeness you'll get up to in grad school!
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Grad student Maggie gave an excellent flash talk today about how failure is an essential part of learning and becoming a well-rounded scientist.
How can we create a classroom and lab culture that helps students acknowledge and learn through failure?
How can we create a classroom and lab culture that helps students acknowledge and learn through failure?
May 13, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Grad student Maggie gave an excellent flash talk today about how failure is an essential part of learning and becoming a well-rounded scientist.
How can we create a classroom and lab culture that helps students acknowledge and learn through failure?
How can we create a classroom and lab culture that helps students acknowledge and learn through failure?
We're excited to be at the Northwest Developmental Biology Meeting #NWDB2026 at #FridayHarbor.
Such an amazing range of research happening in the PNW, and we've enjoyed hearing from such a wise range of scientists at different stages of their career!
Such an amazing range of research happening in the PNW, and we've enjoyed hearing from such a wise range of scientists at different stages of their career!
March 13, 2026 at 9:57 PM
We're excited to be at the Northwest Developmental Biology Meeting #NWDB2026 at #FridayHarbor.
Such an amazing range of research happening in the PNW, and we've enjoyed hearing from such a wise range of scientists at different stages of their career!
Such an amazing range of research happening in the PNW, and we've enjoyed hearing from such a wise range of scientists at different stages of their career!
Wondering what the role of actin in CLIC/GEEC endocytic scission is? Well, Maggie is here to tell you how we're going to find out!
#NWDB2026
#NWDB2026
March 13, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Wondering what the role of actin in CLIC/GEEC endocytic scission is? Well, Maggie is here to tell you how we're going to find out!
#NWDB2026
#NWDB2026
The Matsulab was represented at @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social 2026!
February 27, 2026 at 10:13 PM
The Matsulab was represented at @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social 2026!
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Honored to be one of the Moore Foundation Postdoctoral Fellows at @uofwa.uw.edu. Grateful for the support from @moorefound.bsky.social and excited to pursue research applying computer vision to cellular membrane reconstruction @matsulab.com.
@uofwa.uw.edu was awarded $2.5 million from the @moorefound.bsky.social to fund 16 postdoctoral fellows in a number of fields across the @uwartsci.bsky.social, the College of Engineering and the @uwenvironment.bsky.social.
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February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Honored to be one of the Moore Foundation Postdoctoral Fellows at @uofwa.uw.edu. Grateful for the support from @moorefound.bsky.social and excited to pursue research applying computer vision to cellular membrane reconstruction @matsulab.com.
Team "My Brain is a Sandwich" was feeling really great about their impromptu bar trivia answers at our end-of-the-quarter happy hour!
We didn't win, but we had a great time!
We didn't win, but we had a great time!
December 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Team "My Brain is a Sandwich" was feeling really great about their impromptu bar trivia answers at our end-of-the-quarter happy hour!
We didn't win, but we had a great time!
We didn't win, but we had a great time!
Lab lunch/Goodbye lunch. We're sad to see you go, Emma, and excited for you as you go out into the world!
Featuring: Fred pointing and also some tiny pigs on the table. #PassThePigs
Featuring: Fred pointing and also some tiny pigs on the table. #PassThePigs
August 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Lab lunch/Goodbye lunch. We're sad to see you go, Emma, and excited for you as you go out into the world!
Featuring: Fred pointing and also some tiny pigs on the table. #PassThePigs
Featuring: Fred pointing and also some tiny pigs on the table. #PassThePigs
It was wonderful wonderful to join Hanna' graduation party and meet her friends and family. Hanna was the first undergraduate to join our lab more than two years ago!
Congratulations, Hanna!
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Congratulations, Hanna!
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August 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It was wonderful wonderful to join Hanna' graduation party and meet her friends and family. Hanna was the first undergraduate to join our lab more than two years ago!
Congratulations, Hanna!
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Congratulations, Hanna!
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June 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Congratulations to our newly graduated Biology Majors Emma and Hanna!
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#UWGraduation
@uwbiology.bsky.social
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#UWGraduation
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June 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Congratulations to our newly graduated Biology Majors Emma and Hanna!
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#UWGraduation
@uwbiology.bsky.social
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#UWGraduation
@uwbiology.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Congrats Emma Koves and Benjamin Brown on a terrific poster at the Undergraduate Research Symposium !!
May 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Congrats Emma Koves and Benjamin Brown on a terrific poster at the Undergraduate Research Symposium !!
Celebrating Matt's (belated) birthday with a cake and candle that is fire safe! 🎂🔥🎉
April 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Celebrating Matt's (belated) birthday with a cake and candle that is fire safe! 🎂🔥🎉
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The Termini Lab at Fred Hutch in Seattle is recruiting a Lab Aide to join our group - more information and instructions to apply can be found at the posting below 👇🧫👇🔬👇🐁
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Fred Hutch is dedicated to the elimination of cancer and related diseases as causes of human suffering and death.
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February 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The Termini Lab at Fred Hutch in Seattle is recruiting a Lab Aide to join our group - more information and instructions to apply can be found at the posting below 👇🧫👇🔬👇🐁
careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/29265/l...
careers-fhcrc.icims.com/jobs/29265/l...
Grad student Abhishek presented his research on using an integrated approach to study load adaptation of actin networks in endocytosis at the MBTG talks today!
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February 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Grad student Abhishek presented his research on using an integrated approach to study load adaptation of actin networks in endocytosis at the MBTG talks today!
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Kicking off the new year pondering about our goals and priorities for this year using rocks, pebbles, and sand.
#RocksPebblesSand #MatsuLab #GroupMeeting #AcademicLife
#RocksPebblesSand #MatsuLab #GroupMeeting #AcademicLife
January 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Kicking off the new year pondering about our goals and priorities for this year using rocks, pebbles, and sand.
#RocksPebblesSand #MatsuLab #GroupMeeting #AcademicLife
#RocksPebblesSand #MatsuLab #GroupMeeting #AcademicLife
Sunday's poster session at #ASCB2024 allegedly featured 3D printed protein models, matsulab stickers, and engaging discussion! Congrats, Abhi!
@ascbiology.bsky.social
@ascbiology.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Sunday's poster session at #ASCB2024 allegedly featured 3D printed protein models, matsulab stickers, and engaging discussion! Congrats, Abhi!
@ascbiology.bsky.social
@ascbiology.bsky.social
Pizza, "Down the Ave," and good company!
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November 27, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Pizza, "Down the Ave," and good company!
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Check out the digital story that @valeriebenti.com put together as part of UW Libraries Video Storytelling Workshop that's all about actin, endocytosis, and what we work on in the #MatsuLab!
youtu.be/4PNVl69UH6E
youtu.be/4PNVl69UH6E
Digital Story: What drives collective behavior in cells?
As part of UW Libraries Storytelling Fellows: Video Storytelling workshop, Valerie (Akamatsu Lab lab manager) created a short digital story about the collective behavior of actin in cells, and an overview of the lab's research focus.
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August 2, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Check out the digital story that @valeriebenti.com put together as part of UW Libraries Video Storytelling Workshop that's all about actin, endocytosis, and what we work on in the #MatsuLab!
youtu.be/4PNVl69UH6E
youtu.be/4PNVl69UH6E
New lab mascot, maybe?
(Yes, we already have stickers made!)
#ActinArchitect #3DPrinting #GooglyEyes #LabLife
(Yes, we already have stickers made!)
#ActinArchitect #3DPrinting #GooglyEyes #LabLife
August 1, 2024 at 5:30 PM
New lab mascot, maybe?
(Yes, we already have stickers made!)
#ActinArchitect #3DPrinting #GooglyEyes #LabLife
(Yes, we already have stickers made!)
#ActinArchitect #3DPrinting #GooglyEyes #LabLife
Yesterday was a perfect day for "beta kayactin" and drinks with the Termini Lab!
#MatsuLab #TerminiLab #AkaMini
#MatsuLab #TerminiLab #AkaMini
August 1, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Yesterday was a perfect day for "beta kayactin" and drinks with the Termini Lab!
#MatsuLab #TerminiLab #AkaMini
#MatsuLab #TerminiLab #AkaMini
Congratulations to Abhishek for successfully passing his general exam! #MatsuLab's first PhC and we couldn't be more proud!
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May 16, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Congratulations to Abhishek for successfully passing his general exam! #MatsuLab's first PhC and we couldn't be more proud!
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