MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

Lab Retreat 2018: Nelson Bay

Lab Retreat 2018: Nelson Bay

The lab just returned from our annual lab retreat- this year in a new location! Traditionally the retreat is held amid the white sands of Hyams beach, but this year we opted for a trip up north to Nelson Bay. In the spirit of new traditions, Jacqui and Ann invented a...
New PNAS Paper for Neil, Ngaio, and Athina!

New PNAS Paper for Neil, Ngaio, and Athina!

Two papers in two days! Neil, Ngaio, and Athina just had some very exciting binding findings published in PNAS! This work includes Neil’s crazy binding kinetics equations, some gorgeous EMSA data from Ngaio, and other data from Athina, Matt, and Ann. The paper...
New JBC Paper for Dorothy and Taylor!

New JBC Paper for Dorothy and Taylor!

Hot off the presses! Dorothy and Taylor’s new ET paper just came out in JBC! This work features two solution NMR structures of the ET domain of Brd3 bound to peptides from chromatin remodelling proteins CHD4 and Brg1. This work also includes SPR data from Lorna...
Graduation March 2018

Graduation March 2018

Another successful graduation is in the books! This time around it was Ashley, Max, Grace, and Spencer graduating with their Hons. Even though the rain didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits, it did mess with our usual photoshoot and we only managed to capture...
New lab baby!

New lab baby!

After 34 hours of labor and a helpful push from some halal KFC, Maryam and Hassan welcomed their first child yesterday! We can’t wait to meet him and wish nothing but the best to their little family!