Myron Brakke

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{{short description|American biologist}}

Myron K. Brakke (October 23, 1921 – June 15, 2007){{Cite web |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/57450.html |title=Myron K. Brakke |publisher=National Academy of Sciences}} was an American biochemist and microbiologist who is primarily known for the development of sucrose density-gradient centrifugation as well as his work on viruses and macromolecules.{{cite book |url= http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/brakke-myron.pdf|title=Myron Kendall Brakke |author1=Karen-Beth G. Scholthof |author2=Andrew O. Jackson |author3=James L. Vanetten |date=2011 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |format=PDF|access-date=2021-01-18}} He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1974.