Dr. James A. Murray

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California State University, East Bay
Biological Sciences
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2008

Mailing Address

Biological Sciences
California State University East Bay
303C SCS (South Science Building),
25800 Carlos Bee Blvd
Hayward, California 94542
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (510) 885-2367
james.murray@csueastbay.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Washington, Zoology, 1994.
B.S., Cornell University, Neurobiology and Behavior, 1988.

Expertise and Research Interests

I am interested in the neuroethology of orientation and navigation. My work focuses on the neuroethology of orientation to tidal flow in the nudbranch sea slug Tritonia diomedea. I am also developing techniques to control behavior in animals with implanted brain electrodes.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Animal Behavior Or Ethology, Biological Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroethology, Neuroscience, Zoology.

Additional Terms:

Molluscan Neurobiology, Neuroethology, Orientation and Navigation.

Memberships

American Association of University Professors
International Society for Neuroethology
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Society for Neuroscience

Previous Positions

1999-2007, Associate Professor, University of Central Arkansas, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Biology
1998-1999, Assistant Professor, Colby College, Biology
1994-1998, Researcher, University of California, San Diego, Biology
1988-1994, Research Assistant, University of Washington, College of Arts and Sciences, Zoology, Friday Harbor Laboratories

Funding Received

  • National Science Foundation (NSF), DUE: Neurophysiology laboratory experience for biology majors and other advanced students, http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/servlet/showaward?award=0087886, $59,061, Jan 1, 2001 to Dec 31, 2003.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): NSF-Major Research Instrumentation grant, "Acquisition of a Laser Confocal Microscope for Natural Science Research and Teaching— an MRI/RUI Proposal. (co-PI). http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0215847, $242,737, 2002 to 2005.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): Neural mechanisms of orientation and navigation Symposium, January 5, 2002 combined with The Society of Integrative & Comparative Biology, January 2-5, 2002, Anaheim, CA. http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/servlet/showaward?award=0130775, $8,270, 2001 to 2002.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): 5 F32 MH10705-03, Social Communiction and Reproduction in Electric Fish, $28,600, 1996 to .

Publications

  • Murray JA (2006) Advances in the neural bases of orientation and navigation, Integrative and Comparative Biology, 1-9
  • Redondo RL, Murray JA (May 2005) Pedal neuron 3 serves a significant role in effecting turning during crawling by the marine slug Tritonia diomedea (Bergh)., Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology., 191 (5), 435-44 Abstract
  • Blackwell JS, Murray JA, Neuronal Responses to Water Flow in the Marine Slug Tritonia Diomedea, Impulse, In Press, 2005
  • Beck JC, Murray JA, Willows AO, Cooper MS, Computer-assisted Visualizations of Neural Networks: Expanding the Field of View Using Seamless Confocal Montaging., Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 98(2), 155-63, Jun 2000
  • Murray JA, Willows AO, Function of Identified Nerves in Orientation to Water Flow in Tritonia Diomedea, Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 178(2), 201-9, February 1996 Abstract
  • Libersat F, Murray JA, Hoy RR, Frequency As a Releaser in the Courtship Song of Two Crickets, Gryllus Bimaculatus (de Geer) and Teleogryllus Oceanicus: a Neuroethological Analysis, Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 174(4), 485-94, April 1994
  • Murray JA, Hewes RS, Willows AO, Water-flow Sensitive Pedal Neurons in Tritonia: Role in Rheotaxis, Journal of Comparative Physiology. A, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 171(3), 373-85, October 1992

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