latest news from the lab
Welcome Katie and William to the team!
February 2022
Not one but two new lab members have joined the team. A big warm welcome to William and Katie! Exciting times ahead! Read more about them on the lab members page.
The EckMasLab turns 1!
January 2022
Happy Birthday to the EckMasLab! It’s been a amazing first year with many paper and grant successes. Looking forward to welcoming new members to the team in the coming months -stay tuned!
Out now in Development: the role of maternal Dppa2/4
December 2021
Checkout the latest from the lab: Maternal Dppa2 and Dppa4 are dispensable for zygotic genome activation but important for offspring survival
Melanie awarded prestigious Snow Fellowship
October 2021
Melanie is one of three 2021 Snow Fellows. This generous long-term support from Snow Medical Foundation will support discoveries into how embryonic programs are hijacked by cancers.
Single cell CRISPR-activation protocol now published
June 2021
Interested in single-cell CRISPR-activation screens in embryonic stem cells? Find out how in our detailed protocols available now in STAR protocols
Discover how sequencing technologies are accelerating cancer epigenetic research
May 2021
Learn all about how cancer epigenetic research is being influenced by new sequencing technologies - including quotes from Melanie! Out now in Nature.
Welcome Madeleine!
March 2021
Welcome Madeleine to the lab! Madeleine will be investigating how DPPA2/4 contribute to cancer.
Melanie awarded Metcalf Prize for stem cell research
January 2021
Melanie wins one of two annual Metcalf Prizes awarded by the National Stem Cell Foundation of Australia for her early career leadership in stem cell research.
EckMas Lab Officially Open!
January 2021
It’s official! The Eckersley-Maslin lab is ‘up and running’ at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne. Please get in touch for upcoming opportunities to join our team!
Our perspective piece on Epigenetic Priming is online!
December 2020
Read all about the features, function and roles of epigenetic priming factors in development and disease, in our new review article published in Biochemical Society Transactions.
Melanie shortlisted for Researcher of the Year
November 2020
Melanie is one of the finalists for Researcher of the Year in the 2020 Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards.
Melanie awarded Sir Michael Berridge Prize
September 2020
Melanie has jointly been awarded the Sir Michael Berridge Prize for 2020. This award is awarded annually to a researcher at Babraham Institute for their contribution to an outstanding piece of published science.