MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

Dr Anjumara Shaik

Dr Anjumara Shaik

Research assistant working with Joel to design safer and more selective insecticides by targeting an essential ligand-binding transcription factor. Hoping these proteins will be more amenable than the methyltransferases she cut her teeth on in a collaboration with...
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...
Joels NBD…

Joels NBD…

…which means New Bike Day in bike geek lingo… Joel has spent a bit of time (well, quite a bit of time) building up a new all-road touring bike based on a custom Ti frame built by titanproduct in China. Kitted out with an old Ultegra crankset (+38T...