Janet Murray, PhD

Associate Professor

Vice Chair of MMG Undergraduate Education

Director, CALS Honors College

janet.murray@med.uvm.edu
(802) 656-8255
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janet.murray@med.uvm.edu
+18026568255

214A Stafford Hall
95 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, VT 05405
United States
Alma mater(s)
  • University of Vermont
Affiliated Department(s)
  • Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
  • College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

BIO

  • BS Biochemistry, UNH, 1988
  • Ph.D. Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from UVM 2000 with Douglas Johnson.  Graduate research on the Cdc42 GTPase in S. pombe lead to isolation of a novel protein involved in vacuolar fusion and added to the evidence of the role for Cdc42p in vesicle trafficking.
  • Postdoc research -molecular mechanisms of aberrant V(D)J recombination associated with clinically important oncogenic rearrangements in pediatric cancers with Dr. Barry Finette in the Pediatrics Department in the College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.
  • Joined UVM as faculty in Dept Biology & Vermont Genetics Network in 2006.
  • Director of Outreach from 2010-2015
  • Director of Professional Development and Education 2015-2017.  She developed curricula and was an invited instructor at nine different liberal art colleges in Vermont.
  • Inspired a diverse group of students to enter biomedical careers and assisted college faculty in their research and professional development.
  • Joined the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics as an Assistant Professor in 2017.
  • Promoted to Associate Professor in 2020
  • Vice Chair of Education in 2022

Courses

  • MMG 001: First-Year Colloquium
  • MMG 1020: (SU):  Unseen Worlds: Microbes and You
  • MMG 104: Introduction to Biomedical Research Methods
  • MMG 201: Molecular Cloning Laboratory
  • MMG 3230: Immunology
  • MMG 3270: Cancer Genetics
  • MMG 4899: Senior Seminar
  • MMG 5055: Human Microbiome

Bio

  • BS Biochemistry, UNH, 1988
  • Ph.D. Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from UVM 2000 with Douglas Johnson.  Graduate research on the Cdc42 GTPase in S. pombe lead to isolation of a novel protein involved in vacuolar fusion and added to the evidence of the role for Cdc42p in vesicle trafficking.
  • Postdoc research -molecular mechanisms of aberrant V(D)J recombination associated with clinically important oncogenic rearrangements in pediatric cancers with Dr. Barry Finette in the Pediatrics Department in the College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.
  • Joined UVM as faculty in Dept Biology & Vermont Genetics Network in 2006.
  • Director of Outreach from 2010-2015
  • Director of Professional Development and Education 2015-2017.  She developed curricula and was an invited instructor at nine different liberal art colleges in Vermont.
  • Inspired a diverse group of students to enter biomedical careers and assisted college faculty in their research and professional development.
  • Joined the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics as an Assistant Professor in 2017.
  • Promoted to Associate Professor in 2020
  • Vice Chair of Education in 2022

Courses

  • MMG 001: First-Year Colloquium
  • MMG 1020: (SU):  Unseen Worlds: Microbes and You
  • MMG 104: Introduction to Biomedical Research Methods
  • MMG 201: Molecular Cloning Laboratory
  • MMG 3230: Immunology
  • MMG 3270: Cancer Genetics
  • MMG 4899: Senior Seminar
  • MMG 5055: Human Microbiome

Advisor:

  • Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, and Biochemistry Undergraduate Majors
  • CALS Patrick Leahy Honor's College Students