Bruce Alberts Scientist

Bruce Michael Alberts (born 1938) is an American biochemist known for his work in science public policy and as an original author of Molecular Biology of the Cell. Alberts, noted particularly for his study of the protein complexes which enable chromosome replication when living cells divide, was Editor-in-Chief of Science magazine and United States Science Envoy to Pakistan and Indonesia. Alberts was the president of the National Academy of Sciences from 1993 to 2005 and a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Personal facts

Bruce Alberts
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1938
Birth place
Chicago , United States
Nationality
United States
Education
Harvard University
Harvard College
Known for
Molecular Biology of the Cell (textbook)

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Scientist

awards
Vannevar Bush Award
Order of the British Empire
doctoral advisor
Paul M. Doty
Field of study
Biochemistry

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External resources

  1. http://biochemistry.ucsf.edu/labs/alberts
  2. http://search.proquest.com/docview/302193272
  3. http://www.garlandscience.com/garlandscience_resources/book_resources.jsf?chapter=ALL_CHAPTERS&selectedPage=1&landing=student&resultsPerPage=10&isbn=9780815344544&tabId=ALL_RESOURCES&conversationId=723695
  4. http://www.ibiology.org/ibioeducation/exploring-biology/molecular-biology/dna-repair-and-replication/dna-replication.html
  5. http://www.ibiology.org/ibiomagazine/issue-1/bruce-alberts-learning-from-failure.html
  6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=mboc4.TOC&depth=2
  7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=Books&itool=toolbar