Marion Mckinley Bradford (October 28, 1946 - May 3, 2021) was an American scientist
who developed and patented the
Bradford protein assay
The Bradford protein assay was developed by Marion M. Bradford in 1976. It is a quick and accurate spectroscopic analytical procedure used to measure the concentration of protein in a solution. The reaction is dependent on the amino acid composit ...
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a method to quickly quantify the amount of protein in a sample.
His paper describing the method is among the most cited scholarly articles of all time.
Biography
Early life and education
Bradford was born October 28, 1946, in
Rome, Georgia, USA, and received his B.A. from
Shorter College there in 1967.
In 1971 he married Janet Holliday.
He obtained his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the
University of Georgia
, mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things."
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in 1975, and his use of the Coomassie Brilliant Blue G-250 dye to detect proteins, which became known as the Bradford assay, was patented in 1976.
Career
Bradford was employed by the University of Georgia as a research biochemist from 1977 to 1983.
In the latter year he joined
A. E. Staley and worked in biochemical research there until his retirement.
Bradford died on May 3, 2021, in
Hendersonville, North Carolina
Hendersonville is a city in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. It is south of Asheville and is the county seat of Henderson County. Like the county, the city is named for 19th-century North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Leon ...
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Award
*2019 - University of Georgia Distinction Award
References
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1946 births
2021 deaths
American biochemists
Shorter University alumni
University of Georgia alumni
People from Rome, Georgia
Further reading
Bradford's et al. publication list