AgResearch Laboratory of Structural Biology, School of Biological Sciences, 3a Symonds Street, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. t :+64 9 3737599 x87074 f :+64 9 3737414 email

Welcome to the webpage for the AgResearch Structural Biology Laboratory in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Current projects in the lab fall into three main groups:
  • AgResearch projects, focussing on target proteins from a range of plant and microbial sources of agricultural importance
  • Proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis that are known to be essential for the bacterium's ability to cause disease or are implicated in its interaction with its human host
  • Proteins which regulate the human epithelial sodium channel (ENaC), which is the primary point of regulation for blood pressure.
Details of these projects, and the people who work on them, are detailed in the list on the right.

Lab News - 19th December 2012

The SBS Christmas Party this year was a 'Bio Day Out'. We were a very credible parody of The Who: (You broke) The What? The act included guitar destruction and a smoking centrifuge. How we didn't win a prize, I don't know...



In case of Mayan Apocalypse tomorrow, below are some words of comfort. Otherwise, have a great holiday and we will resume in 2013.

When the world ends, you’re going to be oxygen and carbon and calcium, just like you are now. That’s what you’ve always been and always will be. You were a bunch of elements. The world was a bunch of elements, hydrogen and helium and some other things. It was Pangaea, it was single-celled organisms, it was volcanoes and erosion and pollination. And from that: Light bulbs. Pyramids. Jury duty. Castles. Bombs. Libraries. “Macbeth.” Farms. Cemeteries. The Bible. The Internet. Sewage systems. Cigarettes. Surgery. 

We built this, and all we are is oxygen and carbon and calcium. We’re just ingredients, and we built this.

The sun will get too hot and oceans will rise. The earth will go away and everything we built will go away too. Everything will be gone. In the meantime, it’s a sad, amazing little place you inhabit, and the world hasn’t ended yet. We’re here, you’re here, and tomorrow might be good, tomorrow can be good, tomorrow has to be good, because otherwise, what are you doing here?

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/when-the-world-ends/






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