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    Bruce Edwards Ivins

    American microbiologist, vaccinologist and murder suspect

    Bruce Ivins

    Ivins at a USAMRIID awards ceremony, 2003

    Born(1946-04-22)April 22, 1946

    Lebanon, Ohio, U.S.

    DiedJuly 29, 2008(2008-07-29) (aged 62)

    Frederick, Maryland, U.S.

    Cause of deathSuicide by overdose
    EducationUniversity of Cincinnati (BS, MS, PhD)
    Known forSuspect of the 2001 anthrax attacks
    Scientific career
    FieldsMicrobiology
    InstitutionsUnited States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
    ThesisBinding, Uptake, and Expression of Diptheria [sic] Toxin in Cultured Mammalian Cells (1976)
    Doctoral advisorPeter Bonventre

    Bruce Edwards Ivins (; April 22, 1946 – July 29, 2008)[1] was an American microbiologist, vaccinologist,[1] senior biodefense researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort De