MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

Now, *this* is a crystal!

Now, *this* is a crystal!

During the lab cleanup day today, Paul found this crystal in the bottom of his 5 M NaCl bottle, which had been sitting quietly on his shelf for about a year or so. WOW! That is a falcon tube lid, for reference… Nearly 100 years since the structure of NaCl was...
If you are looking for a good read…

If you are looking for a good read…

…then look no further than the latest blockbuster from Mackay and Segal. Packed with juicy material on the bipartite selection of zinc fingers by phage display, the lowdown on inhibition of viral transcription by zinc finger proteins and the shocking tale of...

Robyn achieves closure

Robyn has now handed in the final corrected copies of her PhD thesis, and no doubt has now achieved that sense of inner calm that comes with closure of something so substantial… Just needs to tick off that graduation now before she can put “Dr” on...

Joel successful at NSW Paddy Pallin Rogaine.

In the absence of any other interesting news at the moment, it can be reported that in a prime example of collaboration across the university, Joel and Andrew Black from the Research Office (together with non-USyd person Glenn Horrocks) got up to win the 6-hour Paddy...