MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

Lihua Yang

Lihua Yang

PhD student working with Joel to investigate the use of monobodies as reagents to modify the function of human transcription factors. Has come to the lab via China Pharmaceutical University and the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow – though he doesn’t...
Jen Suh

Jen Suh

PhD student working with Joel (after BSc Hons work in 2021) on a couple of different projects to keep her on her toes – both focused on the design of molecules to modulate gene transcription for therapeutic or agricultural outcomes.
It’s raining babies!

It’s raining babies!

Recent PhD graduate Mehdi and his wife Diba have just welcomed a new family member – their daughter Rosha who was borne at 00:34 on 9 August this year. All are healthy and raring to go on their latest project. And you thought the NuRD complex was challenging,...

Jason wins drug discovery seed grant

Jason has been successful in winning a $15,000 grant from the ECR seed funding program of the USyd Drug Discovery Initiative. This grant will help him pursue his mRNA-display based hunt for inhibitors of oncogenic transcription factors. Super stuff Jason!