Lyndsay Murray

Lyndsay is a research and teaching academic and an affiliate member of the anatomy department. She runs a research lab focused on motor neuron degeneration and regeneration, while also contributing to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in cell biology, neuroscience and anatomy.

Lyndsay graduated in Biological Sciences with Honours in Physiology from the University of Edinburgh. She continued her postgraduate studies at the University of Edinburgh, and was awarded an MSc in Life Science in 2006, before being awarded her PhD in 2010. Lyndsay subsequently took up a postdoctoral position at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Canada,. In 2014, Lyndsay returned to the University of Edinburgh to take up the position of Lecturer in Anatomy, and was promoted to senior lecturer in 2021.

To date, Lyndsay has published over 35 articles in internationally recognised journals, and her research is supported by a range of UK, European and North American funding bodies and commercial partnerships. Lyndsay is a member of council for the Anatomical Society and is the current Research Officer. Lyndsay also acts as a reviewing editor for the Journal of Anatomy.