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Shaun Murphy '96, PhD, Pursues Post-Doctoral Fellowship
We recently were informed that La Salle Academy graduate Shaun Patrick Murphy ’96 graduated from the Institute of Molecular Biophysics at Florida State University in Tallahassee in mid-December 2011.
After graduating from La Salle, Shaun attended Rhode Island College and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2002 and a Master of Arts degree in 2004, both in Biological Science. Shaun then spent an academic year as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Biological Science.
We recently were informed that La Salle Academy graduate Shaun Patrick Murphy ’96 graduated from the Institute of Molecular Biophysics at Florida State University in Tallahassee in mid-December 2011.
After graduating from La Salle, Shaun attended Rhode Island College and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2002 and a Master of Arts degree in 2004, both in Biological Science. Shaun then spent an academic year as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Biological Science.
While at FSU, Shaun also earned his Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology under the guidance of professor Hank Bass.
The main focus of Shaun’s research was to utilize molecular genetics and high resolution 3-D microscopy to dissect the behavior of a model organisms’ genetic material at meiosis.
His work has been published in highly-recognized world-wide scientific journals. He will be doing a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, Davis under the guidance of Professor Daniel Starr where they will be studying how positioning of the nucleus in a cell is linked to diseases in humans.
La Salle Academy is a high school rich in history and grounded in the person and teachings of Jesus and the Catholic faith, which are core to the school's life and culture. The De La Salle Middle School provides a strong holistic foundation for students to transition into high school. The high school and middle school provide students of diverse ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds, a community to foster growth in the tradition of St. John Baptist de La Salle’s ideals of faith, service, and community.
