20th President of the National Academy of Sciences
In office 1993–2005
Preceded by
Frank Press
Succeeded by
Ralph J. Cicerone
Personal details
Born
Bruce Michael Alberts
(1938-04-14) April 14, 1938 (age 86) Chicago, Illinois, U.S
Spouse
Betty Neary Alberts
Website
brucealberts.ucsf.edu
Alma mater
Harvard College (BSc) Harvard University (PhD)
Known for
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Awards
NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1975)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1981)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2005)
Vannevar Bush Award (2010)
National Medal of Science (2014)
Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science (2016)
Sigma Xi Gold Key Award (2022)
Scientific career
Fields
Biochemistry Biophysics
Institutions
Harvard University University of Geneva Princeton University National Academy of Sciences UCSF Science magazine, AAAS
Thesis
Characterization of Naturally Occurring, Cross-Linked Fraction of Deoxyribonucleic Acid(1966[2])
Doctoral advisor
Paul Doty[1]
External videos
Bruce Alberts, “Learning from failure”, iBioMagazine
Bruce Alberts, “DNA Replication”, iBioMagazine
Bruce Alberts, ”Redefining Science Education”, Distinctive Voices
Bruce Michael Alberts (born April 14, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois) 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.[3] He has done important work studying the protein complexes which enable chromosome replication when living cells divide. He is known as an original author of the "canonical, influential, and best-selling scientific textbook" Molecular Biology of the Cell,[4] as an Editor-in-Chief of Science magazine. [5][6] 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.[7]
Alberts was the president of the National Academy of Sciences from 1993 to 2005.[4] He is known for his work in forming science public policy, and has served as United States Science Envoy to Pakistan and Indonesia.[1][8]
He has stated that "Science education should be about learning to think and solve problems like a scientist—insisting, for all citizens, that statements be evaluated using evidence and logic the way scientists evaluate statements."[9] He is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge.[10]
^ abGitschier, J. (2012). "Scientist Citizen: An Interview with Bruce Alberts". PLOS Genetics. 8 (5): e1002743. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002743. PMC 3364944. PMID 22693457.
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^"Bruce Alberts, PhD". UCSF Profiles. University of California, San Francisco. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
^ abNuzzo, R. (21 June 2005). "Profile of Bruce Alberts: The education president". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102 (26): 9109–9111. Bibcode:2005PNAS..102.9109N. doi:10.1073/pnas.0504186102. PMC 1166644. PMID 15972327.
^Anon (2007). "Scientific publishing: Bruce Alberts Named Science Editor-in-Chief". Science. 318 (5858): 1852b. doi:10.1126/science.318.5858.1852b. PMID 18096779. S2CID 28935473.
^Kirschner, M. (2008). "Profile: Bruce Alberts, Science's New Editor". Science. 319 (5867): 1199. doi:10.1126/science.1155869. PMID 18309070. S2CID 206511974.
^"Remarks by the President at National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology and Innovation Award Ceremony". whitehouse.gov. United States Government. November 20, 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015 – via National Archives.
^Walsh, Bari (2011). "A Conversation with Bruce Alberts" (PDF). Colloquy: Alumni Quarterly. Fall/Winter: 8–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-08. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
^Roberts, Jacob (2016). "Q&A The Reformer". Distillations. 2 (1): 37–39. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
^"St Edmund's College – University of Cambridge". www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
Bruce Michael Alberts (born April 14, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American biochemist and the Emeritus Chancellor’s Leadership Chair in Biochemistry...
The BruceAlberts Award for Excellence in Science Education is awarded annual by the American Society for Cell Biology. It is awarded to an individual...
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success was the textbook Molecular Biology of the Cell (authors include BruceAlberts and Peter Walter; James D. Watson was a previous author), which has...
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ISBN 0-300-14173-4, ISBN 978-0-300-14173-3 Essential Cell Biology (2003) (with BruceAlberts, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Jonhson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts...
Structure. 28: 57–73. doi:10.1146/annurev.biophys.28.1.57. PMID 10410795. Alberts, Bruce (2008). Molecular biology of the cell. New York: Garland Science....
French). 195 (2): 173–9. doi:10.1051/jbio/2001195020173. PMID 11723830. Bruce, Alberts (2014-11-18). Molecular biology of the cell (Sixth ed.). New York, NY...
Biochemical Sciences at Princeton University in 1973 in the laboratory of BruceAlberts for his research on the estrogen receptor (ER). He then began his research...
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of the climate system. The World Cultural Council honored him with the Albert Einstein World Award of Science in 2004. Cicerone revived the baseball program...
3. Auflage, John Wiley & Sons, New York 2004. ISBN 0-471-19350-X. BruceAlberts, Alexander Johnson, Peter Walter, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts:...
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and lobby for public funding of it. In 2014, Kirschner (together with BruceAlberts, Shirley Tilghman and Harold Varmus) called for a number of changes...
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Bruce Alberts, “Learning from failure”, iBioMagazine