Alberts, Bruce.

Dr. Bruce Alberts is an American biochemist, widely recognized for his work in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology. He is noted particularly for his extensive study of the protein complexes that allow chromosomes to be replicated. Born in 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, Alberts graduated from Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a degree in biochemical sciences. He earned a doctorate from Harvard University in 1965. He joined the faculty of Princeton University in 1966 and after ten years was appointed professor and vice chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco. In 1980, he was awarded the honor of an American Cancer Society Lifetime Research Professorship. In 1985, he was named chair of the UCSF Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. From 1993-2005, Dr. Alberts was president of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2005, he returned to the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UCSF.

From the description of Bruce Alberts papers, 1960-1994. (University of California, San Francisco). WorldCat record id: 176635205

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