Dennis Bray

Dennis Bray
Born	(1939-06-28) 28 June 1939 (age 86) [1]
Nationality	British
Awards	Microsoft European Science Award (2007)
Scientific career
Fields	computational biology, microbiology, neurobiology
Institutions	University of Cambridge

Dennis Bray (born 1939) ^[2] 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 3 November 2006 he was awarded the Microsoft European Science Award for his work on chemotaxis of E. coli. ^{[3] [4]}

Mention in Popular Science^{[ vague ]}

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." ^[5]

Books

• Wetware: A Computer in Every Living Cell (2009) ISBN   0-300-14173-4, ISBN   978-0-300-14173-3 ^[6]
• Essential Cell Biology (2003) (with Bruce Alberts, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Jonhson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter) ISBN   0-8153-3480-X, ISBN   978-0-8153-3480-4
• Cell Movements: From Molecules to Motility (2000) ISBN   0-8153-3282-3, ISBN   978-0-8153-3282-4
• 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   0-8153-2971-7, ISBN   978-0-8153-2971-8
• Molecular Biology of the Cell (3rd ed, 1994) (with Bruce Alberts, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, James D. Watson) ISBN   0-8153-1927-4, ISBN   978-0-8153-1927-6
• Cell Movements (1992) ISBN   0-8153-0717-9, ISBN   978-0-8153-0717-4
• Molecular Biology of the Cell (2nd ed, 1989) (with Bruce Alberts, Keith Roberts, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff) ISBN   0-8240-3695-6, ISBN   978-0-8240-3695-9
• Molecular Biology of the Cell (1st ed, 1982) (with Bruce Alberts, Keith Roberts, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, James D Watson) ISBN   0-8240-7283-9, ISBN   978-0-8240-7283-4

Main scientific publications

• Bray D (1970) Surface movements during growth of single explanted neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA,
• Bray D (1973) Model for Membrane Movements in the Neural Growth Cone. Nature, 244: 93 - 96
• Bray D, White JG (1988) Cortical flow in animal cells. Science, 239: 883-888
• Bray D (1990) Intracellular signalling as a parallel distributed process. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 143: 215-231
• 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

References

1. "Bray, Dennis". Social Networks and Archival Content.
2. "Dennis Bray". King's College, London.
3. "Microsoft Research – Emerging Technology, Computer, and Software Research". research.microsoft.com. Retrieved 6 November 2006.
4. "Computer bug study wins top prize". news.bbc.co.uk. 3 November 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2006.
5. Harold, Franklin M. (2001). The way of the cell: molecules, organisms, and the order of life. New York: Oxford University Press. pp.  76. ISBN   0-19-513512-1.
6. "Wetware: A Computer in Every Living Cell « Kurzweil".

External links

• Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology
• Department Archived 6 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine for Dennis Bray at University of Cambridge
• Review Article version of Bray D (1995) Protein molecules as computational elements in living cells.