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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. [1]
David Baltimore. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1975. Born: 7 March 1938, New York, NY, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA. Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell”
David Baltimore (born March 7, 1938, New York, New York, U.S.) is an American virologist who shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1975 with Howard M. Temin and Renato Dulbecco. Working independently, Baltimore and Temin discovered reverse transcriptase, an enzyme that synthesizes DNA from RNA.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1975 was awarded jointly to David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco and Howard Martin Temin "for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell"
David Baltimore is an accomplished researcher, educator, administrator, and public advocate for science and engineering and is considered one of the world’s most influential biologists. Baltimore served as President of the California Institute of Technology from 1997 until 2006.
David Baltimore, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), was awarded the 1975 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine jointly with Renato Dulbecco and Howard Temin for "their discoveries concerning the interaction of tumor viruses and the genetic material of the cell."
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1975 was awarded jointly to David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco and Howard Martin Temin "for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell"
Aug 30, 2021 · Dr. Baltimore is President Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Biology at the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Baltimore received his undergraduate degree at Swarthmore and rapidly completed his PhD at The Rockefeller University.
David Baltimore received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at the relatively early age of 37 for the not-so-simple feat of turning the biological world on its head. For this he shared the prize with Renato Dulbecco and Howard Temin, although the work was done independently.
David Baltimore, (born March 7, 1938, New York, N.Y., U.S.), U.S. virologist. He received his doctorate from the Rockefeller Institute. He and Howard Temin (1934–94), working independently, discovered an enzyme that synthesizes DNA from RNA, the reverse of the usual process.
