Bruce Alberts
American biochemist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1938 · age 88
Bruce Michael Alberts is an American biochemist and the Emeritus Chancellor's Leadership Chair in Biochemistry and Biophysics for Science and Education at the University of California, San Francisco. He has done important work studying the protein complexes which enable chromosome replication when living cells divide.
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He is known as an original author of the "canonical, influential, and best-selling scientific textbook" Molecular Biology of the Cell, and served as Editor-in-Chief of Science magazine. He was awarded the National Medal of Science for "intellectual leadership and experimental innovation in the field of DNA replication, and for unparalleled dedication to improving science education and promoting science-based public policy" in 2014.
