On behalf of the Nucleic Acid Chemical Biology group working on APOBEC3 inhibitors, Emeritus Professor Geoffrey B. Jameson was invited to present at the 4th International Conference on Base Editing Enzymes and Applications - Deaminet 2023 held in Palm Springs, California (22-24 January 2023). The talk was devoted to “Structural basis of modified DNA inhibitors that competitively restrict DNA-editing activity of APOBEC3A”.
In staffing news, we welcome a new lecturer in chemistry, Dr Tyson Dais. Tyson will be working with magnetic materials having recently completed his PhD.
We also would like to acknowledge the departure of Professor Paul Plieger and Dr Karen Lyons. Paul has resigned to take up a management position at the Fonterra Research and Development centre while Karen, following 19 years of service to Massey University, has earned herself a well-deserved retirement.
- Shivangi Chourasia has joined the Whitby group as a PhD student and will be working on a project entitled, “Reconfigurable Pickering emulsions”.
- Mohana Arul has joined the Telfer group as a PhD student and will be working on multicomponent metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
- Victoria-Jayne Scott has completed her MSc entitled, “Isophthalic acid derivative metal-organic frameworks for gas capture and separation” supervised by Professor Shane Telfer.
Between 21-24 November 2022 six members of the Manawatū branch attended the NZIC conference held in Auckland. Attendees included members from the Filichev, Plieger, Rowlands and Whitby groups.
