Alejandra Bravo

Alejandra Bravo
Born 29 April 1961 (1961-04-29) (age 50)
Mexico
Residence Cuernavaca, Morelos
Nationality Mexican
Fields Biochemistry
Institutions National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Notable awards 2010 L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science (Latin America).

María Alejandra Bravo de la Parra (born on 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 is a researcher at the Institute of Molecular Microbiology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).[2] 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.[3]

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. http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46707&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html. Retrieved 2009-11-03. 
  2. ^ "Desarrollan en la UNAM insecticida ecológico que sólo ataca a plagas" (in Spanish). Boletin UNAM-DGCS-650 (Cuernavaca, Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). 2009-11-02. http://www.dgcs.unam.mx/boletin/bdboletin/2009_650.html. Retrieved 2009-11-03. 
  3. ^ "Dra. Maria Alejandra Bravo de la Parra" (in Spanish). Instituto de Biotecnología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. http://www.ibt.unam.mx/server/PRG.base?tipo:doc,dir:PRG.curriculum,par:bravo. Retrieved 2009-11-03.