Marlene Belfort | |
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| Born | 1945 |
| Education | University of Cape Town, University of California, Irvine |
| Known for | Research on the factors that interrupt genes and proteins |
| Awards | Alice C. Evans Award of the American Society for Microbiology; Mid-career Leadership Award of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Lifetime Achievement in Science Award of the RNA Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry, microbiology |
| Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Northwestern University, SUNY at Albany |
| Thesis | Involvement of bacterial genotype in bacteriophage lambda's decision between lysogeny and lysis (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | Dan Wulff |
Marlene Belfort (born 1945) is an American biochemist known for her research on the factors that interrupt genes and proteins. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been admitted to the United States National Academy of Sciences.