Adjunct Professor
jmurra19@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Dr Joanne Murray is an Academic Track Senior Lecturer (Zhejiang) and a Principal Investigator in the Centre for Discovery Brain Science, School of Biomedical Sciences. Joanne is a reproductive biologist with a particular interest in how nutrition can affect the reproductive axis. Three areas of current research are: 1. determining the role of hypothalamic melanin concentrating hormone expression in lactation; 2. characterizing the distribution of and interaction between the melanocortin receptors in the male and female reproductive axes; and 3. studying the role of oxygen in the growth and development of the ovarian follicle.
Research interests:
female reproductive physiology
