Biography
George J. Murphy
- Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine
- Co-Founder of the Boston University and Boston Medical Center’s Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM)
Dr. Murphy received his doctorate in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Oxford University in the United Kingdom where he was named the Mary Lundt Scholar in Biology. Returning to the United States, Dr. Murphy then conducted his post-doctoral studies in the laboratory of Richard C. Mulligan, Ph.D at Harvard Medical School and the Children’s Hospital in Boston, MA where he functioned as a Fellow in Molecular Medicine responsible for the design, development and implementation of stem cell and gene-based protocols aimed at combating hematopoietic, immunologic, and musculoskeletal disease. Having been recruited to Boston University as an independent researcher in 2010, Dr. Murphy served as the founding co-director of the Boston University and Boston Medical Center’s Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) (www.bumc.bu.edu/stemcells), where 70 scientists including 12 faculty members work together, synergistically in a multi-disciplinary approach to advancing stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Dr. Murphy is an American Society of Hematology Scholar Award recipient, a National Blood Foundation Fellow, a National Academy of Medicine Healthy Aging Catalyst Awardee and his work has been featured multiple times in the media, most recently as a TEDx speaker, in the Boston Globe, and in USA Today.
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George J. Murphy will admit he generally doesn’t know the day or time. This is more understandable when you consider Murphy’s occupation: He’s a scientist who works with stem cells — which hold great potential for discovery, but are also quite needy. Stem cells must be tended to, constantly.
Murphy, codirector of the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, may be at the office at any time of day or night, so surroundings matter.
When he and his colleagues launched their research center in 2013, they set out to create a space that was colorful, inviting, and representative of the people who fill it. Science and art collide in this research center.
“Science is always seen as a very technical thing, but I’m a big believer that science is an art and it requires a lot of creativity,” said Murphy, 45.
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