Matt Williams

Matt Williams
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Ph.D. Candidate; Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Tech
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology
Research Interests
Matt Williams’ research is focussed on designing cutting-edge microelectrode arrays (MEA’s) for minimally-invasive detection and analysis of motor-unit action potentials, the smallest unit of neuromuscular control. Matt uses these devices to understand the neural coding underlying skilled movements by implementing them in a skilled forelimb task in awake, (mostly) behaving mice.
Key Papers
Myomatrix arrays for high-definition muscle recording
Chung B, Zia M, Thomas KA, Michaels JA, Jacob A, Pack A, Williams MJ, Nagapudi K, Teng LH, Arrambide E, Ouellette L, Oey N, Gibbs R, Anschutz P, Lu J, Wu Y, Kashefi M, Oya T, Kersten R, Mosberger AC, O'Connell S, Wang R, Marques H, Mendes AR, Lenschow C, Kondakath G, Kim JJ, Olson W, Quinn KN, Perkins P, Gatto G, Thanawalla A, Coltman S, Kim T, Smith T, Binder-Markey B, Zaback M, Thompson CK, Giszter S, Person A, Goulding M, Azim E, Thakor N, O'Connor D, Trimmer B, Lima SQ, Carey MR, Pandarinath. ELife 12:RP88551 (2023) [PDF] [DOI]
Accessing populations of motor units
Kirk EA, Sauerbrei BA. eLife 2024;13:e94764. (2024) [PDF] [DOI]
Chung B, Zia M, Thomas KA, Michaels JA, Jacob A, Pack A, Williams MJ, Nagapudi K, Teng LH, Arrambide E, Ouellette L, Oey N, Gibbs R, Anschutz P, Lu J, Wu Y, Kashefi M, Oya T, Kersten R, Mosberger AC, O'Connell S, Wang R, Marques H, Mendes AR, Lenschow C, Kondakath G, Kim JJ, Olson W, Quinn KN, Perkins P, Gatto G, Thanawalla A, Coltman S, Kim T, Smith T, Binder-Markey B, Zaback M, Thompson CK, Giszter S, Person A, Goulding M, Azim E, Thakor N, O'Connor D, Trimmer B, Lima SQ, Carey MR, Pandarinath. ELife 12:RP88551 (2023) [PDF] [DOI]
Commentary
Accessing populations of motor unitsKirk EA, Sauerbrei BA. eLife 2024;13:e94764. (2024) [PDF] [DOI]