Hi, my name is

Matheus Schultz

I’m a Ph.D candidate interested in more things than I have time for. Check out my research or tell me about your own projects.

About me

I am a Ph.D canditate at the Meakins-Christie Laboratories studying the biophysics of smooth muscle contraction. Since 2020, I’ve been applying biophysical methods to understand how smooth muscle keeps the tone of our airways and blood vessels without using a humangous ammount of energy. Scroll down to learn more about my research, or check out the research page!

Teaching and research outreach have been important spheres of my academic career. Check out what I’ve cooking on that aspect over here!

My Research

Smooth muscle is the type of muscle that you find your guts, lungs, and veins. You have no control over when and how it contracts.

Although lots is known about the muscles that you build in the gym (skeletal muscle) and the muscle that beats your heart (cardiac muscle), medicine textbooks have very little information on how the molecular machinery of smooth muscle causes your veins and airways to constrict (leading to high blood pressure and asthma), or how your guts manage to move food down the gastro-intestinal track.

I’m trying to fill these blanks in our knoweledge. One little molecule at a time.

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Outreach

One of my passions is science communucation. I enjoy writing about science, and I’ve hosted a SciComm podcast called Orders of Magnitude

Blog

Welcome to Delhi

The most boring part of a PhD.

Why does every cell need to its own copy of the genome?

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Orders of Magnitude Podcast

I’ve hosted a short science podcast called “Orders of Magnitude”. Although we haven’t posted in a long while, I invite you check out the latest episode.

Teaching

Teaching scientist and inspiring the young is key for maintaining a healthy and sustainable scientific community. Despite the busy hours of a Ph.D candidate, I’ve strived to sharpen my teaching abilities and give back to the those that are traversing the challenges that I’ve already gone through.

Fall 2023

Intro to Biophysics TA

Teaching assistant in the Introduction to Physical Molecular and Cell Biology (BIOL 2019) class at McGill University in Montreal.

Winter 2022-23

BAsic GEnetics TA

Teaching assistant in the Basic Genetics class (BIOL 219) at McGill University in Montreal.

2015-2018

Calculus Tutor

Tutor of single and multivariable calculus for CEGEP students at Champlain College in Saint-Lambert.

2015-2018

chemistry tutor

Tutor of chemistry of solutions for CEGEP students at Champlain College in Saint-Lambert.

Get in Touch

Tell Me About Your Projects

I love learning about other people’s projects! May it be science related or not. Tell me what keeps you up at night today and maybe we could go out for a coffee to talk more about it!