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Dr. Elizabeth Murray, MU-ADVANCE Co-PI,
Associate Professor,
Department of Integrated Science and Technology
Education
Ph.D. (Genetics), University of Kansas
M.S. (Physical Anthropology), University of Missouri
Research
Dr. Murray's research interests include
ricin; plant biotechnology; recombinant DNA;
biotechnology manufacturing; research and
development and quality assurance; strawberry
hydroponics; and RNA and DNA purification.
Dr. Murray joined Dr. Janet Mertz in investigating
transcriptional control of the SV40 Late promoter
at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research and was
part of a team rebuilding the Bacillus thuringiensis
insecticidal protein for plant transformation at
Agrigenetics Advanced Research Inc.& Following her
appointment as a Senior Quality Assurance Scientist at
the Promega Corporation, Dr. Murray served as the Manufacturing
Group leader for their Cell and Molecular Biology Products
division.
Teaching
Dr. Murray has taught Introduction to DNA Cloning,
Genomic Cloning and Cytogenetics, DNA Technology, Technology
and Innovation, Bioinformatics, and DNA Forensics
(facilitating with Jason C Hodges).
Service and Outreach
Dr. Murray is a founder (with Dr. Michael Norton of
Chemistry, and Marshall students Derek Gregg
and Justin Swick) of Vandalia Research Inc.,
which commercializes the novel large-scale PCR process and
instrumentation invented at Marshall University. Dr. Murray is
interested in entrepreneurship and has mentored student E-teams,
which have received funding from the National Collegiate Inventors
and Innovators Alliance. Dr. Murray was one of two
co-directors of training and mentoring for the "WV Biomedical Research
Infrastructure Network", grant funded by NIH. She was also Co-PI of the
NSF-funded project "Flow cytometer acquisition" and the NASA Space
Grant Consortium K-12 Implementation Grant, "Gene mutation to
demonstrate molecular techniques."
Contact Info
telephone: (304) 696-2366
e-mail:
murraye@marshall.edu
web site:
http://science.marshall.edu/murraye/
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