Elizabeth Murchison

Dr Elizabeth Murchison is Reader in Comparative Oncology and Genetics at the University of Cambridge.[1] Her research has focussed on the genetics of transmissible cancers, in particular the devil facial tumour disease.[2] She led a team of researchers who sequenced the entire Tasmanian devil genome.[3]

She grew up in Tasmania,[4] which is home to large carnivorous marsupials known as Tasmanian devils.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Staff directory, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge". Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Zimmer, Carl (2013). "Raising Devils in Seclusion". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Murchison, Elizabeth (2012). "Genome Sequencing and Analysis of the Tasmanian Devil and Its Transmissible Cancer". Cell 148 (4): 780–91. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2011.11.065. PMID 22341448. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Fighting a contagious cancer". The Guardian. 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Tasmanian Devil". National Geographic. Retrieved 27 January 2015.