MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

Congratulations Neil!

Congratulations Neil!

Congratulations are in order! Neil was selected as the Sydney Protein Group’s ComBio Early Career Researcher speaker! He won a slot to give a talk at the meeting as well as $800 toward Opal card fare to go to the conference in October. The award is very...
Lorne Proteins 2018

Lorne Proteins 2018

Our structural biology contingent headed down to Lorne for this year’s proteins meeting at the new Cumberland venue! Not only did the meeting have the stunning views and great talks that Lorne is known for, but Pathtech was giving out inflatable monkeys...
SOLES Ball 2017

SOLES Ball 2017

This was the first year of the SOLES ball (formerly known as the Amoeba ball). Inspired by its location (the rather ritzy Australian Museum), the theme was “Night at the Museum” and everyone got the “dress like an ancient Egyptian” memo. Here...
Showing off the Royal National Park

Showing off the Royal National Park

Tanja Mittag from St Judes in Memphis stopped off in Sydney to give a seminar after being an invited speaker at the Lorne Protein Conference this week. Her work on liquid droplets is very interesting indeed – and it’s a field that is really just beginning...
Graduation May 2017

Graduation May 2017

Today we celebrated 4 lab graduates! Dorothy graduated with her PhD, hard-earned and well deserved! Matt, Anthony, and Gabrielle all graduated with their Hons, again well deserved! Check out some of the photos from the...