| Arnold J. Berk | |
| Fields: | Immunology, Microbiology |
| Workplaces: | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Academic Advisors: | Phillip Allen Sharp |
| Awards: | MERIT Award from the National Cancer Institute |
Arnold J. Berk is an American professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of California, Los Angeles.[1] He was a member of the Molecular Biology Institute, a division of University of California, Los Angeles.[1] He was one of the discoverers of RNA splicing.[2] His work focuses on gene regulation in DNA viruses.[2] In 1998 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[3] In 2003, he received a MERIT Award from the National Cancer Institute.[4] He authored editions 3 through 10 of the influential basic textbook Molecular Cell Biology[5] published by Macmillan.