Alejandra Bravo

María Alejandra Bravo de la Parra (born 29 April 1961) is a Mexican biochemist who was laureated with the 2010 L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science – Latin America for her work on a bacterial toxin that acts as a powerful insecticide.[1] Bravo has co-authored numerous papers with her husband Dr. Mario Soberon.[2][3]

Alejandra Bravo
Born (1961-04-29) 29 April 1961
Mexico
NationalityMexican
Awards2010 L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science (Latin America).
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsNational Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Bravo is a researcher at the Institute of Molecular Microbiology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).[4] She holds a bachelor, master and doctoral degrees in Basic Biomedical Research from the same university and she is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.[5]

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References
  1. "12th Annual L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science Honours Five Exceptional Women Scientists". Paris, France: UNESCO News Service. 2009-10-15. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
  2. L’Oréal Foundation (March 2, 2010). "Prof. Alejandra Bravo, 2010 For Women in Science Laureate for Latin America (Mexico)". YouTube.
  3. "pubmed".
  4. "Desarrollan en la UNAM insecticida ecológico que sólo ataca a plagas". Boletin UNAM-DGCS-650 (in Spanish). Cuernavaca, Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 2009-11-02. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
  5. "Dra. Maria Alejandra Bravo de la Parra" (in Spanish). Instituto de Biotecnología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Archived from the original on 2 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-03.



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