Renwick Dobson
Professor
Room: Biology 620
Phone: +64 3 369 5145 ext 95145
Email: renwick.dobson@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address: School of Biological Sciences
University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, New Zealand
Group Alumni
Dr Moritz Lasse (Postdoc, 2013-2015) – Postdoc at the University of Otago, Christchurch.
Dr Sarah Kessans (Postdoc, 2012-2015) – Just started as a Research Fellow in the group.
Dr Mangai Nivaskumar (Postdoc, 2014-2015) – Postdoc at the National University of Singapore.
Dr Hironori Suzuki (Postdoc, 2012-2014) – An adjunct with the Biomolecular Interaction Centre (UC).
JProf. Dr Muge Kasanmascheff (Postdoc, 2012-2013) – Has started her own group at Dortmund.
Dr Jennifer Crowther (PhD, 2017) – Now a postdoc at the University of Edinburgh.
Dr Arvind Ravichandran (PhD, 2017) – Working in industry (India).
Dr Rachel North (PhD, 2016) – stayed on for a Postdoc!
Dr Katherine Donovan (PhD, 2016) – Staff Scientist, Harvard.
Dr Fen Peng (PhD, 2015)
Dr Sarah Atkinson (PhD, 2014) – NHMRC Early Career Fellow at Monash University.
Amanda Board (Masters w/ Honours, 2018) – Stayed in the group to do a PhD.
James Davies (Masters w/ Honours, 2017) – Stayed in the group to do a PhD.
Cameron MacDonald (Masters, 2017)
Thomas Orban (Masters, 2015) – working for Pfizer, Belgium.
Alex Law (Masters, 2015).
Letitia Gilmore (Masters w/ Honours, 2015) – now working on drug trials.
Emma Dorsey (Masters, 2014).
Tong Zhu (Masters w/ Honours, 2010) – Received her PhD from Monash University and is now a researcher at the University of Auckland.
Meng Yiaxang (Honours 1st class, 2018) –
Michael Love (Honours 1st class, 2017) – Stayed in the group to do a PhD.
David Coombes (Honours 1st class, 2017) – Stayed in the group to do a PhD.
Michael Currie (Honours 1st class, 2016) – Stayed in the group to do a PhD.
Olivia Ogilvie (Honours 1st class, 2016) – PhD student (University of Auckland).
Rosie Shaw (Honours 1st class, 2014) – Technician in London.
Chris Horne (Honours 1st class, 2014) – Stayed in the group to do a PhD.
Ben Callaghan (Honours, 2014).
Michael Oliver (Honours 1st class, 2013) – PhD candidate with Peter Metcalf (University of Auckland)
Jennifer Crowther (Honours 1st class, 2012) – Now a Phd candidate in our group.
Elena Sugrue (Honours 1st class, 2012) – About to finish her PhD at ANU.
Regan Clark (Summer Student, 2015) – starting med school.
Lara Sweetapple (Summer student, 2014) – now doing her Masters in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Heidelberg.

Previous Lab Visitors
A/Prof. Rosmarie Friemann – Feb-April, 2019 Erskine Fellow (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Prof. Aron Fenton – Sept-Oct 2018 Erskine Fellow (University of Kansas Medical Center, USA)
Prof. Borries Demeler – Feb-April 2018 Erskine Fellow (University of Texas Health Center San Antonio, USA)
Prof. Marty Serra – Feb-April 2018 Erskine Fellow (Allegheny College, USA)
A/Prof. Milton Kiefel – Sept-Nov 2017 Erskine Fellow (Griffith University, Aus)
Prof. Tom Laue – May-June 2017 Erskine Fellow (University of New Hampshire, USA)
A/Prof. James Murphy – 2016 Erskine Fellow (WEHI, Melbourne)
Prof. James Moir – 2016 Erskine Fellow (University of York, UK)
A/Prof Andre Hudson – 2015 Erskine Fellow (Rochester Institute, USA)
Prof. Jerry Turnbull – 2014 Erskine Fellow (University of Liverpool, UK)
A/Prof. Ashley Buckle – 2014 Erskine Fellow (Monash University, Aus)
Prof. Tom Laue – 2013 Erskine Fellow (University of New Hampshire, USA)
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