MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

Lab baby alert!

Jan 4, 2026

Shahnaz has decided that doing a PhD isn’t sufficiently challenging so she has upped the ante with the recent arrival of her (and her husband’s!) beautiful new baby Mehnaz! There is a strong consensus that her cheeks are very pinchable – so she may or may not want to visit the lab too often…

Congratulations Shahnaz – given what you’ve just been through, finishing a PhD will likely be far less epic!

BLOG

Ansh Kumar

Ansh Kumar

Ansh is a 2026 BSc Hons student working with Joel and Zahra to understand more about...