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Dennis Bray

 
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Dennis Bray
Dennis Bray
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]

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Books

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 it's 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

  1. ^ http://research.microsoft.com/displayArticle.aspx?id=1572 retrieved November 6, 2006
  2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6113522.stm retrieved November 6, 2006
  3. ^ 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. 

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