# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/noreen-murray
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:57:11.109Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/noreen-murray"
name: "Noreen Murray"
slug: "noreen-murray"
description: "Noreen Elizabeth, Lady Murray was an English molecular geneticist who helped pioneer recombinant DNA technology by creating a series of bacteriophage lambda vectors into which genes could be inserted and expressed in order to examine their function. During her career she was recognised internationally as a pioneer and one of Britain's most distinguished and highly respected molecular geneticists. Until her 2001 retirement she held a personal chair in molecular genetics at the University of Edinburgh. She was president of the Genetical Society, vice president of the Royal Society, and a member of the UK Science and Technology Honours Committee."
tagline: "British molecular biologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Noreen_Murray_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1935-02-26"
deathDate: "2011-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.005436
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Мюррей, Норин Элизабет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "نورين موراي"
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    title: "Нарын Мюрэй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Noreen Murray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Noreen Murray"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noreen_Murray"
    title: "Noreen Murray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noreen_Murray"
    title: "Noreen Murray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Noreen Murray"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump