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Mexican biochemist; co-recipient of the 2010 l'oréal-unesco awards for women in science
Alejandra Bravo
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Mexican biochemist; co-recipient of the 2010 l'oréal-unesco awards for women in science
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Female
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Birth:
29 April 1961(Mexico City, Mexico)
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Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Biography
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. Bravo has co-authored numerous papers with her husband Dr. Mario Soberon.
Bravo is a researcher at the Institute of Molecular Microbiology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). 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.