MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

Graduation fever

Tonight, the Sydney Protein Group had their annual Thompson Prize event, pitting PhD students from around the region against each other in 10-minute talks. We had Mitch and Morgan going head to head with students from a range of places, and in a tough context Morgan...
Scientists in Schools

Scientists in Schools

Joel has been involved in the CSIRO Scientists in Schools program for a few years now, visiting a local primary school (Strathfield North Public School) once or twice a year to do a day of science with a bunch of the students (usually about 150 in a day in three...

Marylene wins SPG ECR Prize

This one slipped through the news net – apologies for that Marylène… On 15 June, the Sydney Protein Group had an Early Career Researcher event in which six speakers (including Marylène and Ana) vied for the opportunity to get a guaranteed speaking slot at...

Cuong hands in his thesis – for good!

A huge collective sigh of relief was heard from the Nguyen household the other day when Cuong finished his thesis corrections and handed in the final copy of his thesis to the University! All three of his examiners’ reports were excellent – commenting how...