John Innes Centre

Dr Shirley Fairhurst

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Curriculum Vitae

  • 1976 Bsc (Hons) Chemistry, University of Liverpool
  • 1980 PhD Physical Chemistry, University of Liverpool
  • 1979-1981 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Liverpool
  • 1982-1984 Research Associate, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa
  • 1985-1992 Spectroscopist, BP Research, Sunbury-on-Thames
  • 1993-1995 Spectroscopist, Nitrogen Fixaton Laboratory, Brighton
  • 1995-present Senior Scientist, JIC
  • 2002-2005 Secretary International EPR/ESR Society
  • 2004-2007 Chairman ESR Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Shirley Fairhurst

Senior Scientist

Biological Chemistry

Contact details

shirley.fairhurst@jic.ac.uk

Research interests

I use magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR and EPR )and Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) to investigate the structure and function of a wide variety of small molecules interacting with proteins in collaboration with other Biological Chemistry scientists and groups across JIC and the Norwich Research Park.  My role is to provide specialist spectroscopic expertise.

I  am the JIC Equality and Diversity Champion.

Recent Publications

Clarke T. A., Fairhurst S., Lowe D. J., Watmough N. J., Eady R. R. (2011)
Electron transfer and half-reactivity in nitrogenase.
Biochemical Society Transactions 39 (1) 201-206
DOI:10.1042/BST0390201
Fais M., Karamanska R., Allman S., Fairhurst S. A., Innocenti P., Fairbank A. J., Donohoe T. J., Davis B. G., Russell D. A., Field R. A. (2011)
Surface plasmon resonance imaging of glycoarrays identifies novel and unnatural carbohydrate-based ligands for potential ricin sensor development
Chemical Science 2 (10) 1952-1959
Fan J., Crooks C., Creissen G., Hill L., Fairhurst S., Doerner P., Lamb C. (2011)
Pseudomonas sax genes overcome aliphatic isothiocyanate-mediated non-host resistance in Arabidopsis
Science 331 (6021) 1185-1188
DOI:10.1126/science.1199707
Jablonskyte A., Wright J. A., Fairhurst S. A., Peck J. N., Ibrahim S. K., Oganesyan V. S., Pickett C. J. (2011)
Paramagnetic bridging hydrides of relevance to catalytic hydrogen evolution at metallosulfur centers
Journal of the American Chemical Society 133 (46) 18606-9
DOI:10.1021/ja2087536
Syson K., Stevenson C. E. M., Rejzek M., Fairhurst S. A., Nair A., Bruton C. J., Field R. A., Chater K. F., Lawson D. M., Bornemann S. (2011)
Structure of a Streptomyces maltosyltransferase GlgE: a homologue of a genetically validated anti-tuberculosis target
Journal of Biological Chemistry 286 (44) 38298-38310
DOI:10.1074/jbc.M111.279315