Bruce Alberts

Bruce Alberts

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Videos

Bruce Alberts iBiology Lecture on DNA
Screenshot from Bruce’s iBiology.org talk on DNA Replication.

 

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iBiology Video Talks

  • Rescuing US Biomedical Research from its Systemic Flaws, with Marc Kirschner, Shirley Tilghman and Harold Varmus (2014)
  • iBiology Hangout with Bruce Alberts: Live Q&A (2014)
  • The Problem with Traditional Undergraduate Biology Education (from Scientific Teaching Series) (2014)
  • Understanding DNA Replication (2013)
  • Learning From Failure (2010)

National Medal of Science

  • President Obama awarding the 2012 National Medals of Science, and Technology and Innovation (2014)
  • Video on Bruce Alberts produced for the 2012 National Medals of Science

UCSF Biochemistry and Biophysics Department 50th Anniversary

KQED’s Michael Krasny Interviews Bill Rutter, Bruce Alberts and Reg Kelly about theDepartment of Biochemistry and the Rise of the Basic Sciences at UCSF (February 8, 2019 — Click on the small video screen to enlarge it)

Oral History from Cold Spring Harbor Collection

Bruce Alberts’ contribution to the Oral History Collection with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Recorded on August 22, 2008.

  • Advice to Young Scientists
  • An Advocate for New Career Paths for Scientists
  • Becoming a Scientist
  • Science Education in the U.S.
  • Scientific Career
  • Improving Science Education
  • Experiments with DNA Replication
  • Scientific Highlights: Proteins and DNA Cellulose Chromatography
  • NAS Committee Members NAS: Committee on Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome Genome Research and the New Biology Dangers of Genomic Research
  • NAS Committee Report
  • President, National Academy of Sciences: Sciences
  • NAS: Science Policy and Human Genome Project
  • Jim Watson and CSHL
  • Jim Watson
  • Jim and Liz Watson
  • Jim Watson, Writer
  • Jim Watson on “Molecular Biology of the Cell”
  • Barbara McClintock
  • John Cairns

Science Magazine

  • Introduction to a special issue on science, education and technology (2009)

Television

  • Nile International TV (Egyptian national TV station) Breakfast Interview, also with Dr. Alaa Ibrahim of the American University of Cairo (2013)
  • PBS Newshour: Fearing Bioterrorism, Government Panel Asks: What Research Should Be Secret? (2011)
  • Charlie Rose Science Series: The Imperative of Science (2008)

Tributes

  • Video tribute to William B. Wood, 2014 Arther Korberg and Paul Berg Lifetime Achievement Award in Biomedical Sciences (2014)

Wonder Dialogue

As part of the San Francisco Bay Area Science Festival, on Nov. 2, 2011 SRI hosted a “Wonder Dialogue” about developing the scientists of tomorrow. NPR host Moira Gunn moderated a discussion between Dr. Barbara Means and Dr. Alberts.

  • SRI’s Welcome and Introductory Remarks Introduction of Bruce Alberts Politics and Teachers
  • No Child Left Behind and Science Instruction
  • Technology and in Education
  • Connections Across Disciplines
  • Final Thoughts Questions and Answers
  • Questions and Answers (Part Two)
Last updated: June 14, 2020 at 16:58 pm

Current Work

Why science education is more important than most scientists think

Concrete steps to diversify the scientific workforce

Improving support for young biomedical scientists

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