by Joel Mackay | Jun 28, 2022 | Research Interests |
Joel Mackay and Ron Hill – with collaborators Emily Remnant, Chris McErlean and Nathan Lo Most insecticides are non-selective, but 99% of insect species are ‘good guys’, meaning that there is a lot of collateral ecological damage that comes from the...
by Joel Mackay | Jun 28, 2022 | BLOG |
Our work to design safer insecticides – particularly ones targeting honeybee pests (which was funded recently by Horticultural Innovations Australia) – has become more immediately topical overnight with a report (and followups 1 2) that the dreaded Varroa...
by Joel Mackay | Jun 20, 2022 | BLOG |
Joel and Alyson participated in the 2022 Paddy Pallin 6-hour rogaine yesterday – organized by the NSW Rogaining Association. Weather was perfect and had a fantastic outing – Alyson’s first ever rogaine, but she smashed it – a complete natural....
by Joel Mackay | Jun 15, 2022 | BLOG |
Our new preprint has taken forever but is now on biorxiv – WHEW! We (Jessica, Hakimeh, and Bishnu – with great support from Jason, Ana, Stefan, Chandrika – and Santosh at the Synchrotron) examine the auxiliary domains of chromatin remodeller CHD4,...