Welcome to the Fairbanks' Group Website!

Left to right:
Evan Nimmo, Béatrice Roy, Yusuke Tomabechi, Antony Fairbanks, Pragya Priyanka, David Lim
(September 2011)

About us:

Here you will find details of our research group, based in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, including links to our publications and details of any vacancies we have.

Latest news:

We are delighted to have Dr Béatrice Roy working in the Department from July 2012 to Augsut 2012. Dr Roy is a visiting academic from the Université Montpellier 2 in France.

M. Fais, R. Karamanska, S. Allman, S. A. Fairhurst, P. Innocenti, A. J. Fairbanks, T. J. Donohoe, B. G. Davis, D. A. Russell, R. A. Field, Surface plasmon resonance imaging of glycoarrays identifies novel and unnatural carbohydrate-based ligands for potential ricin sensor development
Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 1952-1959. http://dx.dio.org/10.1039/C1SC00120E

Group vacancies:

We do not currently have any funding to support PhD students, however we are actively looking for prospective PhD students. If eligible, please apply for a University scholarship to fund your studies or contact AJF by e-mail: antony.fairbanks@canterbury.ac.nz

We are also always interested in hearing from prospective Postdocs or academic visitors who are interested in applying for their own funding  to come and join us. Please contact AJF by e-mail if this is the case: antony.fairbanks@canterbury.ac.nz

Upcoming events:

• Antony Fairbanks is an invited speaker at The 25th International Carbohydrate Symposium is taking place in Madrid, Spain, 22nd-27th July, 2012. See: http://www.ics2012madrid.com/