Background
Alberts, Bruce Michael was born on April 14, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harry C. and Lillian (Surasky) Alberts.
Foundation administrator cell biologist
Alberts, Bruce Michael was born on April 14, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harry C. and Lillian (Surasky) Alberts.
Bachelor of Arts in Biochemical Sciences summa cum laude, Harvard College, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy in Biophysics, Harvard University, 1965.
Postdoctoral fellow National Science Foundation, Institut de Biologie Moleculaire, Geneva, 1965-1966;
assistant professor department chemistry, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1966-1973;
associate professor department biochemical science, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1971-1973;
Damon Pfeiffer professor life science, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1973-1976;
professor, vice department chairman biochemistry and biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, 1976-1981;
American Cancer Society Research professor, University of California, San Francisco, 1981-1985;
professor, chairman, University of California, San Francisco, 1985-1990;
American Cancer Society Research professor of biochemistry, University of California, San Francisco, 1990-1993;
president, NAS, Washington, since 1993;
chairman, National Research Council, Washington, since 1993. Trustee Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1972-1975. Advisory panel human cell biology National Science Foundation, 1974-1976.
Advisory county department biochemical science and molecular biology Princeton University, 1979-1985. Chairman visiting committee department biochemistry and molecular biology Harvard College, 1983-1986. Chairman mapping and sequencing the human genome National Research Council Committee, 1986-1988.
Board science councils division arthritis and metabolic diseases National Institutes of Health, 1974-1978, molecular cytology study section 1982-1986, chairman 1984-1986. Program advising committee National Institutes of Health Human Genome Project, 1988-1991. Science advisory board Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research, 1978-1985, Markey Foundation, since 1984, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, since 1988.
Committee member corporation visiting department biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1978, department embryology Carnegie Institute, Washington, since 1983. Faculity research lecturer University of California, San Francisco, 1985. Science advising committee Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, since 1988.
Board directors Genentech Research Foundation, Federal American Socs. for Experimental Biology. Advisory board Bethesda Research laboratories Life Technology Inc., National Science Resources Center, Smithsonian Institute, since 1990. Committee member adolescence and young adulthood/science standards, National Board Professional Teaching Standards, since 1991.
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Trustee Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, New York. Overseer Harvard University, 2001—2007. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member National Academy of Sciences (commission life science National Research Council, chairman 1988-1993, advisory board National Science Resources Center, National Committee Science Education Standards and Assessment, committee member National Education Support System for Teachers and Schools, United States Steel Foundation award 1975), American Chemical Society, American Society for Cell Biology (president-elect, president 2007), American Society for Microbiology, Genetics Society of America, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (councilor), American Philosophical Society, European Molecular Biology Organization (associate), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Betty Neary, June 14, 1960. Children: Beth L., Jonathan B., Michael B.