MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

Lab Bot!

Lab Bot!

The highlight of the ComBio conference in 2007 – well, for some anyway – was Mugdha winning a giant programmable robot in the trade passport competition. On bringing him(?) home to the lab, the lab put him through his paces – and quickly discovered...
MMB Trivia, Aug. 2007

MMB Trivia, Aug. 2007

The annual MMB trivia evening always attracts a full tea room of 80-100 people or so, ready to battle it out on such obscure questions as “How many genes does HIV have?” or “What is the name of Paris Hilton’s dog?”. Joel has been the...
Lorne Protein Conference, 2006

Lorne Protein Conference, 2006

There was a major lab pilgrimage to the Lorne meeting this year, after most of us missing it in 2005 when it was temporarily moved to Philip Island. I think everyone had a good time – some great talks, good weather, great tennis and a good conference dinner...
Hyam Beach May 06

Hyam Beach May 06

We hadn’t had a lab trip for a little while, so we thought a retreat might be in order. This seems to be the thing to do for fashionable labs about town. Actually, it really just meant going away for the weekend – calling it a retreat just makes it sound a...
ACT 24 h Rogaine 2006

ACT 24 h Rogaine 2006

Jacqui and I hadn’t done a rogaine together for quite some time, so we were both keen to pair up for one some time in 2006. After I did the Paddy Pallin 6-h event with Stephen Jackson and the Navshield with Dave Gell, it was looking like our last chance to do a...