Merry Christmas from us all (courtesy of Matteo’s coarse-grained modelling toolbox)! We celebrated at the St Aldate’s Tavern, before the group scattered to all corners of the globe for a well deserved break (other than those who had lost their passports, of course).

It was also an opportunity for us to thank and say good bye to Heath Ecroyd, who visited us for 6 weeks at the end of autumn, and sadly returns to Wollongong.

We took delivery of our Waters Synapt G2-S hydogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry set-up today. We will be using the instrument to investigate the motions that proteins undergo, and how the fluctuations of protein structure on the tertiary level predicate assembly and disassembly.

Unfortunately the location of the lab meant it had to be craned in through a third-floor window!