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Bruce Alberts

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Bruce Alberts · Science & Medicine

What

Biochemist, lead author of the textbook Molecular Biology of the Cell and former president of the US National Academy of Sciences.

When

1938, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Bruce Alberts is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biochemist, lead author of the textbook Molecular Biology of the Cell and former president of the US National Academy of Sciences.

How & why

A biochemist who studied the machinery of DNA replication, Alberts became lead author of the landmark textbook 'Molecular Biology of the Cell' and served as president of the US National Academy of Sciences and editor-in-chief of the journal Science. Born in Chicago, he is documented among Jewish American scientists.

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Biochemist, lead author of the textbook Molecular Biology of the Cell and former president of the US National Academy of Sciences.

1938

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology