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Bruce Alberts is currently editor-in-chief of Science magazine, arguably the premier scientific journal in the world. From 1993 to 2005, he was president of the National Academy of Sciences, another highly prestigious position. He is also a member of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UCSF, of which he was chairman from 1985 to 1990. He speaks in the two interviews from the perspective of a decades-long colleague and friend of Dan Koshland. Of particular note is his informal advisory role in the planning and execution of the Marian E. Koshland Science Museum in Washington, DC.