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Ingrid’s life changes dramatically…
Congratulations to Ingrid and Percy on the successful and drama-free (as much as it can be) birth of their son Toby Macindoe. He was born on Feb 18 at Prince of Wales and both he and his mother are doing just fine!
A nice piece of work from Nina
Nina Ripin, who spent some months in the lab as a Masters' student in 2011, is the lead author on a nice study focused on the RNA-binding properties of HuR in the latest PNAS. She has combined NMR and X-ray crystallography while working in Fred Allain's lab at ETH in Zurich to characterize the means by which this protein uses its RRM domains to bind to AU-rich RNA elements. You can read it here.
Lab Xmas bbq, 2018
This year, we had a return to the green lawn of Marrickville Croquet Club for our lab Xmas excursion. As always, a fine time was had by all - it really is a great venue for a day...
Have been off X for months but had to log in to see response to AF3. I am much less smart than the authors - but am I (and Erin) the only ones to think that the helical afros that it makes out of IDRs is totally weird? Am I missing something?
Amazing story from the lab down the corridor - @RezwanSidd working with Sandro Ataide and Ruth Hall in @SydneySOLES at @Sydney_Science - now they will be thrown into the gladiators' pit I suspect with the other protagonists that prowl this landscape! 🙂 Great piece of work!
Joel part of largest LIEF grant for 800
A consortium headed by Gottfried Otting and Joel was recently awarded $1.53M from the ARC's large equipment grant fund (LIEF). This grant, which was the largest of its kind, will allow the purchase of an 800 MHz NMR spectrometer equipped with a cryosystem. The...
NIH funding for lab
A team comprising Merlin Crossley (USyd), Andrew Perkins (Monash) and Joel was awarded an NIH R01 grant (~AUD1.2M) to study the repression of fetal gamma globin.
Lab team wins NSW Rogaining Championships!
A crack team, made up of Janet Deane, Ann Kwan, Chu Wai Liew and Wendy Yung, took out the 15 in 24 hour event at the recent NSW Rogaining Championships, held in Nowendoc north of Newcastle. Joel and Jacqui also competed (in the 24 h event) and were placed third. A...
Jacqui and Joel win NHMRC Project Grants
Both Jacqui and Joel won NHMRC Project Grants for 2003-2005. Joel's grant ($225,000) is to understand the way in which specific transcription factors synergise in controlling blood cell development, while Jacqui's grant ($420,000) is to work on the structure and...
Wendy Yung wins poster prize
One of the PhD students in Joel's lab, Wendy Yung, won the major poster prize at the recent ComBio2002 conference, held in Sydney. The prize, sponsored by the Biochemical Journal, included a subscription to the journal as well as a hefty...
Mackay and Matthews labs win ARC Discovery Grants
Both Jacqui and Joel were awarded ARC Discovery Grants for 2003-2005. Jacqui's grant ($300,000) will allow her to continue her work aimed at understanding the role of specific transcription factors in the control of gene expression, and to begin to design specific...
Joel wins Minister’s Prize for the Life Sciences
In a dinner held at Parliament House in Canberra several weeks ago, Joel was presented with the Science Minister's Prize for Life Scientist of the Year. The award came with a $35,000 cheque and a medal. The award was given for the contribution made by Joel and his...