MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

Ann wins ANZMAG Young Investigator Award

Ann was awarded the Young Investigator Medal from the Australian and NZ Society for Magnetic Resonance. This medal recognizes an outstanding contribution to the field of magnetic resonance in Australia and New Zealand, by a researcher who is less than 38 or is less...

Joel wins 100-mile race!

On the weekend, Joel ran in the Great North Walk 100-miler, run (oddly enough) on the Great North Walk between Newcastle and the northern reaches of Sydney (Patonga). Improbably, he crossed the line first in 26 h 31 min – his first ever win in a solo race. Soon...

Fellowship success

Not only will we be able to buy tips, but Joel and Jacqui will also be able to feed their cats next year. Both of us have secured NHMRC fellowships (SRF B level) to keep us off the streets for the next five years. What a relief!

Grant success

Hooray – we will be able to buy pipette tips next year! Joel was awarded two ARC Discovery Grants and Jacqui one. Joel’s two projects are focused on (a) new functions for zinc finger transcription factors (in collaboration with Merlin Crossley) and (b)...

Robyn wins a prize at ComBio 2008

Robyn showed them what she was made of at the recent ComBio conference in Canberra, winning a poster prize for her presentation on the peptide-binding properties of PHD domains. Congratulations Robyn – well deserved!