Bernard Horecker

Bernard Horecker
portrait showing head and shoulders, in black and white
Horecker in 1966
Born
Bernard Leonard Horecker

(1914-10-31)31 October 1914[1]
Chicago, Illinois, USA[1]
Died10 October 2010(2010-10-10) (aged 95)[1]
Fort Myers, Florida, USA[1]
EducationUniversity of Chicago (Ph.D. 1939)[1]
Parents
  • Paul Horecker (father)
  • Bessie (Bornstein) Horecker (mother)
AwardsNational Academy of Sciences
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsNational institutes of Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Cornell University[1]
Doctoral advisorThorfin R. Hogness[2]
Doctoral studentsJ. Edwin Seegmiller

Bernard Leonard (Bernie) Horecker (1914–2010) was an American biochemist known for work on the pentose phosphate pathway, and for cellular regulation in general.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "National Academy of Sciences: Bernard Leonard Horecker" (PDF). Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  2. ^ Kresge, Nicole; Simoni, Robert D.; Hill, Robert L. (2005). "Bernard L. Horecker's Contributions to Elucidating the Pentose Phosphate Pathway". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (29): E26–E27.