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latest news from the lab

Happy Holidays from the EckMasLab!

December 2025
Celebrating a great end to 2025 and wishing everyone a happy holiday season. We’re excited to see what 2026 has in store!
Congrats Kristia on completing Honours!

November 2025
A big congratulations to Kristia for a highly successful Honours year! Kristia worked on a novel epigenetic regulator implicated in microcephaly and was co-supervised by Matt (pictured together having icecream to celebrate!)
Welcome Gyumin to the team!

October 2025
A warm welcome to Gyumin who is visiting our lab as part of his PhD studies at GIST in South Korea. Gyumin will be working with Janith on an exciting new project in the lab!
Janith presentation at Annual Galli Symposium

October 2025
Janith was in the spotlight again sharing his recent findings on how the embryonic factors DPPA2/4 facilitate chromatin states in non-small cell lung cancer
Day out at the Zoo!

October 2025
The lab recently attended our annual PeterMac Cancer Biology and Therapeutics program retreat at Melbourne Zoo! We thoroughly enjoyed all the science and games and took the opportunity to update our group photo!
Kristia wins poster prize!

September 2025
Congratulations to Kristia who was awarded 3rd place in the University of Melbourne MDHS Honours Conference. We’re very proud of you!
Lab bowling outing!

May 2025
The lab recently went out after work to challenge each other to a round of bowling and drinks. Congrats on all the strikes!
Dian wins 3MT at Snow Conference!

May 2025
Congrats to Dian who came first place in the 3-minute thesis competition at the recent Snow Fellows Conference!
Read the latest from the lab!

April 2025
We’re delighted to share the latest preprint from the lab where we find new functions for epigenetic factors DPPA2/4 when aberrantly expressed in lung cancers. Congrats Janith who led this work.
Read all about it here.
Welcome Ben to the team!

March 2025
Welcome Ben who joins us as a postdoctoral researcher! Ben will be using his wealth of computational knowledge to delve into the dynamics of poised chromatin states in cancer progression
Welcome Tony!

February 2025
We’re delighted to have Tony join the lab for a 3rd year placement project. Tony will be working together with Tongtong to manipulate melanoma cell states.
We're hiring!

February 2025
We’re on the lookout for a new postdoc to join the team. This is a great opportunity to lead a research project within the broader vision of the lab, with plenty of opportunities to develop as an independent leader. For more info contact Mel or apply here
Kristia joins the lab!

January 2025
A warm welcome to Kristia who joins the team as a summer student on a scholarship. Kristia will be working with Matt, and will stay on for her honours year project
Farewell Katie

January 2025
Wishing Katie all the best in her new role at WEHI! Katie was one of the first members of the lab and achieved so much in just 3 years. We will miss you!

Archive - 2024

Eleanor awarded Research Early Career Development Award

December 2024
End of 2024 Year Celebrations!

December 2024
Farewelling Natalie!

December 2024
Mel named top Molecular Biologist by The Australian

November 2024
Lab Retreat in Daylesford

October 2024
Seed funding from AFGN

October 2024
Student position available for 2025!

August 2024
Paper on stability of X chromosome inactivation and imprinting in aging published

July 2024
Congratulations Natalie on completing Honours!

June 2024
Farewell Immy!

June 2024
Immy wins poster prize at 2024 PeterMac Research Symposium!

April 2024
Welcome Matt to the lab!

March 2024
Lab achieves Bronze Certification in LEAF framework

February 2024
Bivalent Chromatin reChIP method is published!

February 2024
Dian starts PhD studies in the lab!

February 2024
Latest review article: how is the bivalent chromatin balance tipped in cancer?

February 2024
Welcome Clare to the team!

January 2024

Archive - 2023

Tongtong officially confirmed!

December 2023
Celebrating a wonderful 2023

December 2023
Welcome Arshnoor and Ruby!

November 2023
coffee and cake celebrations

November 2023
Eleanor awarded Travel Grant!

November 2023
Katie wins PeterMac Sambrook Prize

November 2023
Katie awarded short talk prize at OzSingleCell conference

October 2023
Janith awarded PeterMac Foundation Grant

October 2023
Opportunity for a research assistant to join our team

October 2023
First paper from the lab submitted!

September 2023
Welcome Immy to the lab!

September 2023
Welcome back Natalie!

July 2023
New Postdoc Position now open!

July 2023
Farewell and good luck to Will!

June 2023
Katie awarded 2023 Lea Medal

March 2023
First EckMas Lab retreat!

March 2023
Melanie awarded Lorne Genome Millenium Prize

February 2023
Tongtong joins as a new PhD student

January 2023

Archive - 2022

End of year celebrations!

December 2022
Welcome Eleanor to the lab!

November 2022
Natalie joins as a summer student!

November 2022
Katie awarded PeterMac Foundation Grant

September 2022
Welcome Will to the team!

September 2022
Melanie e-meets high school students as part of Science Week

August 2022
Melanie's career journey profiled by Franklin Women

July 2022
Katie wins ECR talk prize at Hunter Meeting

May 2022
Katie named finalist for Premier's Award in Health and Medical Research!

April 2022
Snow fellows retreat

March 2022
Janith joins the lab!

Feb 2022
Welcome Katie and William to the team!

Feb 2022
The EckMasLab turns 1!

Jan 2022