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Update from Antonia
Antonia Zech - who worked with Ana for 5 months in 2013-4 as part of her Masters degree in Hamburg - has sent us an update on her activities. She has been doing a PhD at the Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf - in the group of Lucie Carrier. She is working on understanding the process of autophagy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, using techniques like confocal microscopy, gene therapy and working with iPS-cells. More importantly though, she has also been busy creating a family. Emil Isaac was born (a little while ago - on November 2018), and is apparently causing havoc at home now (in the nicest possible way!) as he...
Showing off the coast to collaborators
We had a visit this week from David Doak - video game designer and architect of our new virtual reality app focused on allowing students to investigate the properties of polypeptides. Jane Allison - molecular dynamics aficionado from Auckland Uni who is involved in the project - popped over the ditch to join in our discussions too. So, I took the opportunity to take Jane and David on a walk from Malabar around to Coogee on the weekend - superb weather and a fantastic series of rock platforms. It's a great walk to take visitors on... And here are some of David's photos...
Wanted: postdoc biochemist/structural biologist to work with Richard Payne, Sydney/US startup INSAMO (and me). Goal: use cyclic peptide mRNA display to design cell-permeable peptide-based protein degraders: https://usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNAL_CAREER_SITE/job/Darlington-Campus/Postdoctoral-Researcher-in--Peptide-Based-Drug-Discovery_0131612-1
Email for more info: joel.mackay@sydney.edu.au
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?
This is supercool, but it does like folding everything, even things that are probably disordered... As always, use with caution, and consult your friendly structural biologist before investing too much in low confidence predictions.
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...