Dr Fairlie obtained his PhD from Monash University, Victoria, Australia in 1994. Subsequently, he did postdoctoral stints at the State University of New York, Buffalo (USA) and the Centre for Immunology, Sydney, Australia, before relocating to Melbourne to work in the Cancer and Haematology Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. He is currently a Laboratory Head in the Structural Biology Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.
