Mackinder Lab at CCM10 held in Princeton, NJ, USA
Mackinder lab members attended the CCM10 meeting hosted by Jonikas lab at Princeton University (6-8th July 2022). The meeting focuses on photosynthetic organisms' CO2 concentrating mechanism. We truly enjoyed and learned a lot from the meeting. Thank you to Jonikas lab for organising.
We look forward to CCM11, hosted by the Mackinder and McCormick labs in York, in 2025!
We look forward to CCM11, hosted by the Mackinder and McCormick labs in York, in 2025!
Congratulations to Abi!
Congrats from the Mackinder lab celebrating Abi and Dom's civil partnership
Mackinder Lab Pub Trip!
We had lots to celebrate! Onyou's new addition, Charlotte's fellowship, James's poster award and the internship students Sam and Hew are finishing their projects!
Congratulations to Charlotte!
Charlotte Walker has just received a 4-year BBSRC Discovery Fellowship to pursue her work on the Chlamydomonas bestrophin-like proteins in the lab!
Congratulations to James!
James Barrett has won the BPS Student Poster Prize at the 70th BPS annual meeting held in Swansea, Wales. Excellent job, James!
Congratulations on the birth of Onyou's baby girl Chaelyn!
Mackinder Lab at M2 Christmas Meal 2021
Merry Christmas from Mackinder Lab 2021!
Lab trip to Birmingham attending Algae-UK's 'A Festival of Algae'
Irina's Farewell Party
Mackinder Lab Pub Trip
Lab walk followed by some hard earned beers at the pub!
Finally we could go on a lab social. We did a local walk from the department through some beautiful Yorkshire countryside ending up at the pub for some food and drinks!
Congratulations to Philipp!
Philipp Girr has just received a prestigious 2-year DFG Postdoctoral fellowship to pursue his work on the Chlamydomonas pyrenoid in the lab!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Mackinder Lab 2020!
(P.s. my New Year's resolution is to up my lab news posting skills...)
Merry Christmas from the Mackinder Lab 2019!
Merry Christmas from the algae lab AND the algae!
Mackinder Lab hosts Plastid Preview 2019Plastid Preview 2019 was hosted by the Mackinder Lab in the University of York Biology Department. The meeting is focussed on photosynthetic organisms, their biology and how to study them. We had 55 delegates, predominantly Early Career Researchers, attending from Edinburgh, London, Cambridge, Lancaster, Plymouth, Norwich and more.
Thank you to all who presented, there was an excellent standard of talks and posters. Congratulations to Robyn Phillips and Tommy Emrich-Mills for winning best talk and poster prizes respectively. Thank you to SEB, Algae-UK, Li-Cor and Gatsby for funding and sponsorship of the event. Without this support, the fully funded meeting aimed at Early Career Researchers would not have been possible. We are looking forward to next year's meeting hosted by David Lea-Smith from UEA. See you all in 2020! Merry Christmas from the Mackinder LabDecember 20th 2018
We celebrated the Christmas season with a festive Italian meal, drinks at Brew York, Secret Santa and brilliantly illustrated Christmas Cards from our PhD student Christine. Thank you SO much everyone for your wonderful efforts, it was a lovely evening. Another year over and lots of exciting work has been done in and outside the lab. We have had many highlights! These include Luke winning the SEB President's Medal for Cell Biology and presenting a Medalist talk at their annual meeting. We also welcomed a number of new staff and student members to the team. Our lab members have been very active in attending conferences, including the SEB Annual Meeting in Florence where Luke hosted a session on algal CCMs with Dr Alistair McCormick (University of Edinburgh), Plastid Preview in Lancaster where Charlotte won best poster prize, CyanoNET in Glasgow and ePS in Uppsala. Finally, the extra icing on the cake: we have cloned many many genes, particularly by Gary, Guoyan and Tom; hosted GCSE work experience students; and are the proud owners of a new shaker in the growth room! Good work team. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May 2019 be filled with publications, great meetings, new collaborations and lots of exciting data! 
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The Mackinder Lab Gets a Strike
November 13th 2018
The Mackinder Lab rolled over to Tenpin York for some healthy competition on the alleys. We bravely opted for no barriers and achieved some spectacular gutter balls as a result! Some questionable tactics included using the ramp and the rolling the ball the wrong way... However, after a few warm-up rounds the group was achieving spares and strikes, no pin was left standing.
Well done to James for winning both games and Christine who gets the award for most enthusiastic player!
The Mackinder Lab rolled over to Tenpin York for some healthy competition on the alleys. We bravely opted for no barriers and achieved some spectacular gutter balls as a result! Some questionable tactics included using the ramp and the rolling the ball the wrong way... However, after a few warm-up rounds the group was achieving spares and strikes, no pin was left standing.
Well done to James for winning both games and Christine who gets the award for most enthusiastic player!
Lab Escape the Room
April 23rd 2018
The Mackinder Lab pitted itself against York's Escape the Room. Team work, abstract thinking and perseverance paid off to get us out in a respectable 50:09 minutes.
The Mackinder Lab pitted itself against York's Escape the Room. Team work, abstract thinking and perseverance paid off to get us out in a respectable 50:09 minutes.
Luke wins the 2018 SEB President's Medal for Cell Biology
December 8th 2017
Luke has been awarded the 2018 Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) President's medal for Cell Biology
(http://www.sebiology.org/events/event-sub-pages/seb-florence-2018/awards-and-prizes/president-medallists#luke). The SEB President’s Medals are awarded annually to young scientists of outstanding merit. This year’s awards will be presented at the Annual Meeting, SEB Florence 2018. "It was unexpected to receive this accolade at such an early stage and I would like to recognise the hard work of all those on my team, my collaborators and thank those who have taught and mentored me over the years"
(http://www.sebiology.org/events/event-sub-pages/seb-florence-2018/awards-and-prizes/president-medallists#luke). The SEB President’s Medals are awarded annually to young scientists of outstanding merit. This year’s awards will be presented at the Annual Meeting, SEB Florence 2018. "It was unexpected to receive this accolade at such an early stage and I would like to recognise the hard work of all those on my team, my collaborators and thank those who have taught and mentored me over the years"
Lab ice skating trip
November 30th 2017
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A snowy afternoon saw the Mackinder Lab's first Christmas Party - on Ice. After some close shaves and lots of laughs we warmed up with hot chocolate followed by some pub grub. Featuring: All the moves Eleanor, most improved Guoyan, looking smooth Tom, keeping it casual Holly, never quite in control Luke and jazzy Justin.
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