MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

Paul allowed to stay in country now!

Congratulations to Paul, who has just been granted Australian permanent residency, which among other benefits means that we won’t have to keep hiding him in the solvent cabinet when the immigration people come to inspect the School.

Mitch wins poster prize at Genome meeting

Eschewing the usual Lorne Protein conference this year, Mitch and a small hardcore band of transcription people headed for the Lorne Genome Conference – same location, different science! As well as the chance to hear Phil Gregory from Sangamo talk about designer...
Former lab member becomes a dad

Former lab member becomes a dad

Gonzalo Durante (Gonn), a visitor to the lab from Spain in 2007 (wow – time flies!) had a busy week last July, when he (a) got married, (b) defended his PhD thesis (successfully) and (c) became a father. You can see the whole family. Now, *that* was a stressful...
Now *this* is an insect!

Now *this* is an insect!

You thought that it was the snakes, scorpions, sharks and spiders that you had to worry about in Australia. No one warned you about the monster stick insects though… check this out. You could put a leash on it and take it for a walk! The body was 20 cm...