- Dennis Bray
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Dennis Bray Residence UK Nationality British Fields computational biology, microbiology, neurobiology Institutions University of Cambridge Notable awards Microsoft European Science Award (2007) Dennis Bray is an active emeritus professor at University of Cambridge. His group is also part of the Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology. After a first career in Neurobiology, working on cell growth and movement, Dennis Bray moved in Cambridge to develop computational models of cell signaling, in particular in relation to bacterial chemotaxis.
On November 3, 2006, he was awarded the Microsoft European Science Award for his work on chemotaxis of E. coli.[1][2]
Contents
Books
- Wetware: A Computer in Every Living Cell (2009) ISBN 0300141734, ISBN 978-0300141733
- Essential Cell Biology (2003) (with Bruce Alberts, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Jonhson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter) ISBN 081533480X, ISBN 978-0815334804
- Cell Movements: From Molecules to Motility (2000) ISBN 0815332823, ISBN 978-0815332824
- Essential Cell Biology: An Introduction to the Molecular Biology of the Cell (1997) (with Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter) ISBN 0815329717, ISBN 978-0815329718
- Molecular Biology of the Cell (1994) (with Bruce Alberts, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, James D. Watson) ISBN 0815319274, ISBN 978-0815319276
- Cell Movements (1992) ISBN 0815307179, ISBN 978-0815307174
- Molecular Biology of the Cell (1989) (with Bruce Alberts, Keith Roberts, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff) ISBN 0824036956, ISBN 9780824036959
Main scientific publications
- Bray D (1970) Surface movements during growth of single explanted neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 65: 905
- Bray D, Shite JG (1988) Cortical flow in animal cells. Science, 239: 883-888
- Bray D (1995) Protein molecules as computational elements in living cells. Nature, 376: 307-312
- Bray D, Levin MD, Morton-Firth CJ (1998) Receptor clustering as a cellular mechanism to control sensitivity. Nature, 393: 85-88
Mention in Popular Science
Professor Franklin M. Harold writes "The theme [of a protein's shape and functionality being altered by interaction with its environment] comes with numerous variations, some of which are discussed in a thought-provoking article by Dennis Bray [author references Dr. Bray's 1995 article] that examines proteins as information-processing devices."[3]
References
- ^ http://research.microsoft.com/displayArticle.aspx?id=1572 retrieved November 6, 2006
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6113522.stm retrieved November 6, 2006
- ^ Harold, Franklin M. (2001). The way of the cell: molecules, organisms, and the order of life. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 76. ISBN 0195135121.
External links
- Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology
- Department for Dennis Bray at University of Cambridge
- Review Article version of Bray D (1995) Protein molecules as computational elements in living cells.
Categories:- Academics of the University of Cambridge
- British scientists
- Living people
- Systems biologists
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