Miss Billie Murray
Casual Lecturer, Problem Based Learning Tutor, School of Science and Technology
Qualifications
BSc (AnSc), Hons H1
Contact
| Email: | billie.murray@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Centre for Water Policy (C21) 6 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3166 (or +61 2 6773 3166 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 5011 |
Billie Murray completed her Bachelor of Science (Animal Science) with first class honours in Neuroimmunology focusing on the mouse model of multiple sclerosis at La Trobe University in 2002. After a brief period of being a research assistant, Billie moved to Holbrook NSW to work as an equine reproductive technologist with developed skills in stallion semen collection and analysis, mare follicular ultrasonography, artificial insemination and pregnancy scanning. In 2007, Billie began her PhD as a Monash University student at CSIRO Livestock Industries in Armidale NSW. Her project was focusing on isolating, culturing and characterising pluripotent embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells from sheep. Additionally Billie has worked as a sheep embryologist for a local Armidale sheep breeding company and has lectured within the Rural Sciences at UNE including developed an in vitro fertilisation practical for those students. Currently Billie is a year 1 and 2 problem-based learning tutor for the Joint Medical Program at UNE. Her current research interests include large animal reproductive technologies. Billie will be teaching into HBIO120/HUBS120 (Reproduction, Development and Aging, and the Human Evolution and Ecology), HHSC147 (Blood, Heredity, Integumentary System, Urinary System and Introduction to Pharmacology) and HHSC247 (Reproductive System).
Affiliations
- CSIRO Livestock Industries
- Monash University / Monash Institute of Medical Research
Areas of Teaching
Current
- HHSC147 - Blood, Heredity, Integumentary System, Urinary System & Pharmacology
- HHSC247 – Reproduction
- HBIO120 & HUBS120- Reproductive System, Development & Aging, Human Evolution & Ecology
- Year 1 PBL Tutor
- Year 2 PBL Tutor
Previous
- ANPR321- Selected Reproduction lectures (Artificial Insemination, Fertilisation & Embryo Development; Developed sheep In Vitro Fertilisation practical)
Research interests
- PhD thesis – Isolation, Culture & Characterisation of Sheep Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (Monash University)
The ultimate aim is to functionally differentiate these pluripotent cells into gametes for the advancement of reproductive technologies.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
- Karnezis K., Mandemak W., McQualter J.L., Zheng B., Ho P.P., Jordan K.A., Murray B.M., Barres B., Tessier-Lavigne M and Bernard C.A.A., The neurite outgrowth inhibitor Nogo A is involved in autoimmune-mediated demyelination, Nature Neuroscience 7(7):1-9, 2004.
Published Abstracts
- Murray B.M., Schmoelzl S., Andronicos N.M., Hill J.R., Verma P.J and Holland M.K., 391 A comparative gene expression analysis between sheep early embryonic development and putative embryonic stem cells, Reprod. Fertil. Dev. 22, 352–352, 2009.
- Murray B.M., O.’Brien C.M., Johnson J.L., Conley B.J., Bello P., Andronicos N.M., Hill J.R., Verma P.J and Holland M., 405. Isolation and preliminary characterisation of putative sheep embryonic stem cells, Reprod. Fertil. Dev. 20(supplement), 85–85, 2008.