MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

Thu Vu

Thu Vu

Research Assistant with Jacqui – continuing the family tradition of working in the lab here after her partner Cuong completed his PhD with Joel a few years ago.
Dr Milad Ghafoori

Dr Milad Ghafoori

Postdoc arrived fresh from a structural biology PhD at Charles Sturt University with Jade Forwood (with a short detour to tool up in cryoEM at UNSW!) to work with Joel pursuing the design of selective insecticides targeting essential transcription factors.
Dr Xavier Reid

Dr Xavier Reid

BSc Hons and PhD student (thesis awarded!) now working with Joel and Jason to examine preferences held by certain enzymes for post-translational modifications in endogenous nucleosomes. Also flirting with RaPID screening – and now cryoEM!
Dr Walter Becker

Dr Walter Becker

Austrian postdoc working collaboratively with Rich Payne in Chemistry. Came to us via Katja Petzold’s lab in Sweden and has retained his interest in doing NMR on challenging targets. Oh, and makes a mean sourdough!