MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

Graduation, May 2017

Graduation, May 2017

We had multiple graduands today – Dorothy with her PhD (biggest hooray!), Matt, Gabrielle and Anthony with their Hons (big hooray!) and even some sneaky Pharmacology folks muscling in on the...
Blue Mountains, May 2016

Blue Mountains, May 2016

Monica Gerth was visiting from Dunedin to give the School seminar and so we took the opportunity to head up for a day walk in the lower Blue Mountains. Joel had been scouting out trails in the area and had done a bit of a reconnaissance a couple of months ago using...
Hyam’s Beach, May 2016

Hyam’s Beach, May 2016

Once again the lab headed intrepidly down to one of the nicest spots around – Hyam’s Beach – for a weekend retreat. Weather was fantastic and plenty of science was discussed as usual. There was birdwatching, swimming, inadvertant possum feeding,...
Hyam’s Beach, 2015

Hyam’s Beach, 2015

Photos from Joel from the annual lab Hyams Beach retreat – and there are actually a couple of sneaky photos from a previous Hyams trip that Jacqui and Joel were part of – just a few weeks prior…...
Lab Xmas BBQ, 2014

Lab Xmas BBQ, 2014

The lab Xmas bbq this year wsa a toss-up between the beach and the croquet lawn. The lawn won and everyone had a great time. There aren’t many games that get *everyone* out playing – quite impressive! Croquet was the winner on the...