Kenneth Murray#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 87 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1988 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Kenneth Murray passed away April 7, 2013.
Positions Held
- 1967 - 1998 Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Edinburgh
- 1979 - 1982 Director of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany
- 1964 - 1967 Postodoctoral worker in Fred Sanger's laboratory at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge University
- 1960 - 1964 Postdoctoral worker in Murray Luck's laboratory at Stanford University
- 1959 PhD in Microbiology from Birmingham University
Fields of Scholarship
- Genetic engineering
- Molecular biology
- Vaccine against viral hepatitis B
Honours and Awards
- Founder and Chairman of the Darwin Trust of Edinburgh
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1979 Member of the Royal Society
- 1983 Award of the Willem Meindart de Hoop Prize
- 1992 Saltire Society (Edinburgh) Scientific Award
- 1993 Knight Bachelor for his contributions to science
- 2000 Royal Medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by the Queen
- 2010 Lifetime achievement award from Nexus Life Sciences
