Above: Matt and wife, Dr. Susan Johnson, ON THE FIELD at Michigan Stadium during pre-game warmups at the 2006 Iowa vs. Michigan game --this was one of the many things we got to enjoy as winners of the 2006 University of Michigan Alumni Association's "Football Fantasy."

Current Interests/Activities

Course director and instructor (and webmaster) for Medical Histology, Dental Histology, and Graduate Histology courses at the University of Michigan. Check out the medical course website at: http://www.med.umich.edu/histology. Lecturer in Medical Embryology and Graduate Developmental Biology courses. Collaborative research in Dr. Sue O'Shea's lab focusing on embryonic and neural stem cell biology.

Previous Teaching Activities

• Graduate and Professional: Medical Gross Anatomy, Histology, and Neuroanatomy
• Undergraduate:  Electron Microscopy, Introductory Cell Biology, Zoology, and Botany
• Secondary:  Advanced Placement Biology and General Biology

Professional Memberships

• American Association of Anatomists (member society of FASEB)
• Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society):  National Chapter    University of Michigan Chapter
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Sigma Tau Delta (International English Honor Society)
• Beta Beta Beta (National Biological Honor Society)

Some Anatomy and Developmental Biology Links  

WEBSITE	CONTENT
UMich Medical Histology Website	Online laboratory manual with links to virtual microscope slides and electron micrographs
Gold Standard Media	Lots of multimedia medical education material
University of Michigan Visible Human Website	Currently has head and pelvis slices (coronal, saggital, and transverse) from the Visible Female data set.
National Library of Medicine Visible Human Project	THE central stepping stone to visible human web pages.
National Library of Medicine Visible Embryo Project Website	The project is underway; expected completion is Sept 2002.