MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

New manuscript on Biorxiv

New manuscript on Biorxiv

Sandra Hake, our collaborator with a strong interest in histone variants and chromatin in general, has uploaded her latest manuscript to Biorxiv – a paper that focuses on the function of the chromatin associated protein HMG20A. Hakimeh has put her protein...
April graduation!

April graduation!

Last week, we had one of the first live graduations we’d had for some time, and it was a bumper one – Angus, Marcus and Jen all graduated with their undergraduate degrees, as did Lou Irish from Ann’s lab. So, it was all over to the old quad to...
Ingrid becomes a mother….again!

Ingrid becomes a mother….again!

Ingrid was as organized as usual, and gave birth to baby Scarlett at 7:20 am on April 9. Current reports are that Scarlett has not learned yet to cry, but communicates in a series of small toy-like squeaks – they can only hope that continues for some time…...
Oscar’s Hut2Hut 2022

Oscar’s Hut2Hut 2022

Oscars Hut2Hut is a 100-km trail run in the Victorian Alps with epic amounts of ascent and descent (5800 m of each) and a *lot* of technical sections. A good chunk of it is above the treeline with spectacular 360-degree views – on a good day… which is the...