Andrew W. Murray

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Andrew W. Murray
Education Clare College, Cambridge
Harvard Medical School
Scientific career
Fields Evolutionary biology
Molecular biology
Institutions University of California, San Francisco
Harvard University
Thesis Chromosome and plasmid behavior in yeast (1984)
Doctoral advisor Jack Szostak
Other academic advisors Marc Kirschner

Andrew W. Murray is a British-born American evolutionary biologist known for his research on budding yeast. He is the Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Genetics and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor at Harvard University. [1] He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000 [2] and to the National Academy of Sciences in 2014. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Andrew Murray". Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology. Harvard University. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  2. "Andrew W. Murray". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  3. "Andrew W. Murray". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  4. Azar, Beth (2016-09-06). "Profile of Andrew W. Murray". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113 (36): 9953–9955. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1612272113 . ISSN   0027-8424. PMC   5018770 . PMID   27573820.