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The Irvin Isenberg Memorial Lecture
6/28/04 - 4:00 PM - Lillie Auditorium
"How Yeast Cells Find a Mate: Studies on a Model Module"
Andrew W. Murray, Ph.D, Harvard University
Dr. Andrew W. Murray received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in1984 and began his postdoctoral research at the Harvard Medical School. He continued his research at the University of California, San Francisco, in the Department of Biochemistry and was later appointed to a faculty position in the Department of Physiology. In 2000 Dr. Murray returned to Harvard as a Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Director of the Bauer Center for Genomics Research.
Dr. Murray’s scientific interest is in the general principles that underlie the function and evolution of cells, as revealed by studying the transmission of genetic information during cell division and how cells evolve in response to selective pressure. He has spent several summers teaching in the MBL Physiology Course.
About the Irvin Isenberg Memorial Lecture
The Irvin Isenberg Memorial Lecture was established in memory of Dr. Isenberg, whose distinguished career as a biophysicist began at the Marine Biological Laboratory.
In 1950, Dr. Isenberg completed his Ph.D. in physics at the University of Pennsylvania and later developed an interest in biophysics while serving as a lecturer at the University of Chicago. In 1957, Dr. Isenberg and his family moved to Woods Hole, where he joined Nobel Laureate Albert Szent-Györgyi in his Institute for Muscle Research. Together they studied charge transfer reactions and free radicals using one of the early electron spin resonance instruments available in the United States. Dr. Isenberg also conducted research on fluorescence and phosphorescence of DNA before leaving the MBL in 1965 to become Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry at Oregon State University. There he developed his primary research interest in the structure and function of histones.
The Isenberg family returned to Woods Hole every summer to rejoin beloved friends and to remain active participants in the scientific life of the community. Dr. Isenberg devoted his life to science and is remembered for instilling a strong sense of intellectual curiosity and integrity in the pursuit of scientific truth among his students. Today, we celebrate Dr. Isenberg’s legacy by dedicating this lecture in his honor.
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