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Department of Plant Sciences

 

Research group

 

Biography 

2016-2020 Senior Research Associate with Professor John Carr working on the effect of virus infection in plants on insect behaviour, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
 
2012-2016 Senior Research Associate with Dr John Carr on the effect of virus infection in plants on pollinator behaviour, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
 
2008-2012 Senior Research Associate with Dr John Carr working on subversion of insect resistance by a viral silencing suppressor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
 
2004-2008 Leverhulme Fellowship with Dr David Hanke working on the role of phytic acid in virus resistance.  Dept of Plant Sciences, Cambridge.
 
2000-2003 Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr David Hanke working on the role of phytic acid in potato, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
 
2000-2003 Research Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College
 
1997-2000 Cambridge University Broodbank Independent Research Fellowship investigating the effect of salicylic acid on plant virus movement, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
 
1996-1997 Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr John Carr working on salicylic acid induced resistance to viruses, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
 
1993-1995 Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr A.M. Ashby and Dr Keith Johnstone working on the role of cytokinins in fungal biotrophy, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
 

Qualifications

1989-1992 PhD in Molecular Plant Biology, University College London
1985-1988 BSc Botany and Genetics, University College London
 

Publications

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Senior Research Associate
Dr Alex M. Murphy

Contact Details

Email address: 
Department of Plant Sciences,
Downing Street,
Cambridge,
CB2 3EA
01223 330215