David Baltimore
David Baltimore (born March 7, 1938) is an American biologist, university administrator, and 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. He is a professor of biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he served as president from 1997 to 2006. He founded the Whitehead Institute and directed it from 1982 to 1990. In 2008, he served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2008.
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Baltimore in 2014 | |
| 6th President of the California Institute of Technology | |
| In office 1997–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Eugene Everhart |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Lou Chameau |
| 6th President of Rockefeller University | |
| In office 1990–1991 | |
| Preceded by | Joshua Lederberg |
| Succeeded by | Torsten Wiesel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 7, 1938 New York, New York, U.S. |
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| Children | 1 |
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| Website | www |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cell biology, microbiology |
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| Thesis | The diversion of macromolecular synthesis in L-cells towards ends dictated by mengovirus (1964) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Franklin |
| Doctoral students | Sara Cherry |
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| Nobel Prize Interview with Dr. David Baltimore, 26 April 2001, Nobel Prize.org | |
| David Baltimore: Danger from the Wild: HIV, Can We Conquer It?, iBiology |
At age 37, Baltimore won the Nobel Prize with Renato Dulbecco and Howard M. Temin "for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell", specifically the discovery of the enzyme reverse transcriptase. He has contributed to immunology, virology, cancer research, biotechnology, and recombinant DNA research. He has also trained many doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows, several of whom have gone on to notable and distinguished research careers. In addition to the Nobel Prize, he has received a number of awards, including the U.S. National Medal of Science in 1999 and the Lasker Award in 2021.