MACKAY & MATTHEWS LAB

Protein structure, function and engineering

Michael Webster wins EMBO Fellowship

Michael Webster wins EMBO Fellowship

Michael, who has just recently finished his PhD at the LMB in Cambridge with Lori Passmore, has been successful in winning an EMBO postdoctoral fellowship to fund his work in Albert Weixlbaumer’s lab in Strasbourg. Here, he will investigate how translation is...

Steph gets the “all clear” on her thesis!

The official letter came today stating that Steph had “satisfied the requirements for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Science)”. Done and dusted! Congratulations from everyone in the lab Steph – here’s hoping it leads to great...
Chay wins a prize for her thesis!

Chay wins a prize for her thesis!

Chayenne Ghazi, who worked with us recently, was awarded a prize for the thesis that she presented based on her work here. The HAS-prize is annually awarded to students who produce excellent gradutation assignments at lab schools. It is named after the ‘Haagse...
Lab members take Lorne posters by storm

Lab members take Lorne posters by storm

Taylor, Mehdi and Athina all picked up prizes for their poster presentations at the Lorne Protein Conference this week. Poster prize success rate was overall about the same as the current NHMRC grant success rate, so a champion effort from them! No doubt they’ll...