Bruce ivins anthrax attacks after 9/11
Soon after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, letters laced with anthrax began appearing in the U.S. mail.
August 6, • Hundreds of pages of documents, search warrants and other court records show that the late Bruce Ivins was deeply troubled, but the evidence is largely circumstantial..
Bruce Edwards Ivins
American microbiologist, vaccinologist and murder suspect
Bruce Ivins | |
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Ivins at a USAMRIID awards ceremony, 2003 | |
Born | (1946-04-22)April 22, 1946 Lebanon, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | July 29, 2008(2008-07-29) (aged 62) Frederick, Maryland, U.S. |
Cause of death | Suicide by overdose |
Education | University of Cincinnati (BS, MS, PhD) |
Known for | Suspect of the 2001 anthrax attacks |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Microbiology |
Institutions | United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases |
Thesis | Binding, Uptake, and Expression of Diptheria [sic] Toxin in Cultured Mammalian Cells (1976) |
Doctoral advisor | Peter 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