MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

Dr Ngaio Smith

Dr Ngaio Smith

2014-2022. Hons and PhD student and then postdoc with Jacqui. Has finally managed to escape – across the road to work in the synthetic biology space (very hip!) with Peter Rutledge.
Dr Hakimeh Moghaddas Sani

Dr Hakimeh Moghaddas Sani

2015-2022. First visiting PhD student, then visitor, then research assistant working on numerous projects, from the design of new insecticides that are safer and more selective to mechanisms of chromatin remodelling. Now moved one floor down, so nice to still see her...
Dr Jordan Pederick

Dr Jordan Pederick

Fresh from a PhD at the University of Adelaide, where he solved a crystal structure every few weeks, it seems, Jordan is working with Joel (and Rich Payne and the local biotech INSAMO) to design a new class of protein degraders. Perhaps the first South Australian to...
Dr Milad Ghafoori

Dr Milad Ghafoori

Postdoc arrived fresh from a structural biology PhD at Charles Sturt University with Jade Forwood (with a short detour to tool up in cryoEM at UNSW!) to work with Joel pursuing the design of selective insecticides targeting essential transcription factors.
Dr Karol Sanches

Dr Karol Sanches

Following a PhD in Brazil and postdoctoral time with Ray Norton at Monash, Karol has joined Joel’s lab – bring expertise in protein biochemistry and structural biology (NMR even!) to dive into the mechanisms underlying transcriptional regulation. She also...