Alberts, Bruce.

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Birth 1938-04-14
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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

Bruce Michael Alberts - Biographical Timeline

1938 Born, April 14, Chicago, Illinois 1960 A.B., Biochemical Sciences, Summa cum laude. Harvard College, Cambridge, MA 1965 Ph.D., Biophysics, Laboratory of Professor Paul Doty, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1965 66 Postdoctoral Fellow, National Science Foundation, Laboratories of Professors A. Tissieres and R. Epstein, Institut de Biologie Moleculaire, Geneva, Switzerland 1966 1971 Assistant Professor, Dept of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 1971 1973 Associate Professor, Dept of Biochemical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 1973 1976 Damon Pfeiffer Professor of Life Sciences, Dept of Biochemical Sciences, Princeton University, (1973-74 Acting Chairman, 1974-75 Associate Chairman) 1/76-9/76 On sabbatical leave from Princeton, Laboratory of Professor Lewis Wolpert, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, England 1976 1981 Professor of Biochemistry and Vice Chairman, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco 1981 1985 American Cancer Society Research Professor, Dept of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco (1981-82 Acting Chairman) 1985 1990 Chairman, Dept of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco 1990 1993 American Cancer Society Research Professor, Dept of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco; six-year leave beginning July 1, 1993 1993 President, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Bruce M. Alberts Papers, 1960-94, n.d., (University of California, San Francisco. Library. Archives and Special Collections.)

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  • Biochemists
  • Education, Higher
  • Medical education
  • Molecular biology

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  • California--San Francisco (as recorded)

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