Bernard Horecker

Bernard Horecker
Horecker in 1966
Born
Bernard Leonard Horecker

(1914-10-31)31 October 1914
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died10 October 2010(2010-10-10) (aged 95)
Fort Myers, Florida, USA
EducationUniversity of Chicago (Ph.D. 1939)
Known forElucidating the pentose phosphate pathway, Current Topics in Cellular Regulation (founding editor)
Parents
  • Paul Horecker (father)
  • Bessie (Bornstein) Horecker (mother)
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
Doctoral advisorThorfin R. Hogness
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.