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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