James Murray - Curriculum Vitae#

• Author of >125 papers including Nature, Science, Cell and PNAS, >6800 cites; average 54 cites/ article; h index=47.
  
• Current grant funding £2M; total grant research funding raised £12.7 M from 12 funding bodies
  
• Supervisor of >30 PhD students
  
• Examined 34 PhD theses. External examiner: BSc Biological Sciences Exeter Univ. 2005-9
  
• Cell Cycle Coordinator & Member Cell Biology Committee, Society for Experimental Biology 2007-
  
• Associate Editor Plant Molecular Biology and Journal of Experimental Botany
  
• Referee for over 16 grant giving bodies and >30 journals
  
• Formal collaborative links with 11 companies and founder of successful Cambridge University spinout Lumora Ltd (Now Erba Molecular)
  
• Involved in 7 European networks including acting as coordinator of 2 ERA-NETs and hosting 4 Marie Curie EU Fellows
  
• Organiser of SEB meeting The Plant Cell Cycle (Valencia, 2013); co-Organiser of SEB meetings: Computational Systems in Cell Biology: Gene Regulatory Networks (Manchester 2014); Modelling in Cell Biology (Prague 2015)
  
• Organising Committee Member, European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO) Annual Meeting (Prague 2016).
  
• GARNet (UK Arabidopsis Network) Chair 2012-2014. GARNet lead PI 2015-2020.
  
• Member, North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee 2015-2020
  
• Developed novel luciferase-based technology for detecting DNA amplification sold globally (3M Molecular Detection System for food pathogens)
  
• Developed improved luciferase enzymes incorporated in world-leading hygiene monitoring test for 15 years
  
• Inventor of 10 granted patents in diverse fields including new luciferases, diagnostic methods, improved plants and methods
  
• BBSRC Bioscience for Industry Strategy panel member 2011-2013.