Dr Kate Murphy (Centre for Muscle Research) recipient of the MJ Gething Award

Dr Kate Murphy is the first recipient of the MJ Gething award. "This award will help build my research profile whilst having significant caring responsibilities for young children and ill family members".

Professor Emeritus Mary-Jane H. Gething was the first female head of the Department pf Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Mary-Jane is a passionate supporter of and advocate for young female researchers working in the biomedical sciences. She is married to Professor Joseph Sambrook. Mary-Jane was the Founder of the Gething-Sambrook Family Foundation, which has made this award possible. The award is intended to help early career researchers with significant caring responsibilities to maintain research momentum or build their research profile.

This award will help build my research profile whilst having significant caring responsibilities for young children and ill family members.