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Matt Wanat
@mattjwanat.bsky.social
Nerding out to neuroscience since 2002. Studying the neurobiology of motivated behavior by day. Running, hiking, eating, and camping by night.
www.wanatlab.org

Nothing is scarier than Reviewer #2
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Sometimes you hear a bump in the night. Sometimes that bump is your ceiling crashing down due to an AC drain leak. This wasn’t on my bingo card for today
September 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To the grant reviewers who gave me good scores - thank you. To reviewer 1 - well, I have other words.

Let this be a way to feel better about the scores you receive because it is hard to top this.
May 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Huge congrats goes out to Dr. Morgan Johnston (@askaneuroscientist.bsky.social) for nailing her dissertation defense today! Stay tuned for her papers that will be coming out soon!
April 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Nothing like an error message without any details. Other grants from my uni have gone through fine. Another submission went through fine a few weeks ago (though still not assigned). Trying to figure out what it is and hope it isnt a banned word list
February 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Was waiting to get to winter brain for snow. But why not in San Antonio as well
January 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Happy thanksgiving. Definitely recommend the exercise before ridiculous amounts of food.
November 28, 2024 at 10:05 PM
End of the line for the run today. Also Pittsburgh is a pretty sweet city
November 13, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Willy Wonka Wanat lab
October 31, 2024 at 9:01 PM
If you are looking for Neuro PhD programs in an affordable and diverse city (San Antonio), then look no further because UTSA has what you are looking for! Check us out at: neuroscience.utsa.edu
September 5, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Fun times at the department holiday party. The lab is quite gifted at turning me into a gift.
December 12, 2023 at 8:54 PM
Insert your ‘is your lab refrigerator running?’ joke here
November 1, 2023 at 9:20 PM
For the aspiring grad students out there, check out the Neuro PhD program at UTSA. More importantly we have increased the stipend to $35K.

For those who don't know San Antonio is a cool city with a low cost of living. Message/email me if you have any questions or want further info
October 23, 2023 at 6:20 PM
Ring of fire🔥🔥🔥
October 14, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Pretty freaking cool
October 14, 2023 at 4:36 PM