Murray, Sir Kenneth
Biography
Sir Kenneth "Ken" Murray FRS FRSE (born 30 December 1930) is an English molecular biologist. His wife was Lady Noreen (née Parker), also a biologist. Together the team of Kenneth Murray and Noreen Murray developed the vaccine against hepatitis B.
He was appointed, in 1967, to an academic position at Edinburgh University in what was then the only Department of Molecular Biology in the country,Murray is one of the founders of Biogen, and the founder/chairman of the Darwin Trust of Edinburgh, charity supporting young biologists in their doctoral studies.
Amongst the many honors and awards Murray has received in recognition of his outstanding scientific achievements are, election to the Royal Society in 1979, the award of the Willem Meindart de Hoop Prize in 1983 and the Saltire Society (Edinburgh) Scientific Award in 1992. He was made a Knight Bachelor for his contributions to science in 1993. He was also presented with one of the first Royal Medals of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by the Queen at Holyrood Palace.
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Sir Kenneth Murray and Lady Noreen Parker Murray Collection
Sir Kenneth Murray and Lady Noreen Parker Murray Collection contains documents pertinent to the EMBO Workshop on DNA Restriction and Modification in Basel, Switzerland during September 1972, and a laboratory notebook used by Sir Kenneth Murray in 1978 while at the University of Edinburgh. Within this notebook is a copy of a reprint by Peter Hans Hofschneider and Kenneth Murray, in 2001.