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Cynthia T. McMurray

Biochemist Senior Scientist

Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging

  • Cellular and Tissue Imaging

Building: 33, Room 249
Phone: (510) 486-6526
Fax: (510) 486-6880
CTMcMurray@lbl.gov

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Cynthia McMurray studies the biological progression of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Huntington Disease and Alzheimer Disease, by investigating changes in brain metabolism, DNA damage, and other cellular indicators.

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R&D 100 Awards Are In!

August 26, 2022

Seven innovative technologies from Berkeley Lab have been honored with a 2022 R&D 100 Award. Biosciences Area researchers contributed to two different products that were awarded.

Cell ‘Fingerprinting’ Could Yield Alzheimer Disease Diagnostic

October 6, 2021

A technology developed by Cynthia McMurray, a senior scientist in the Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, and her team shows great promise for diagnosing Alzheimer disease before symptoms arise. This disease affects millions of people worldwide and is estimated to be the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

Astrocyte Insight Explains Brain Region-specific Vulnerability in Huntington Disease

April 17, 2019

The mutant form of the Huntington gene, mHTT, which encodes a product that causes the disease, is expressed throughout the brain in affected individuals. Yet neurons in individual regions of the brain are differentially susceptible to its neurotoxic effects. The basis for this puzzling region-specific vulnerability in Huntington disease—which is likewise a feature of Alzheimer and Parkinson neurodegenerative diseases—was hitherto unknown.

A new study led by Cynthia McMurray, a senior scientist in Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging (MBIB), provides evidence that regional differences in neuronal susceptibility to Huntington disease can be attributed to substrate-driven metabolic reprogramming strategies adopted by astrocytes in response to low glucose. The team recently reported their findings in the journal Cell Metabolism.

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