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David Baltimore
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American biologist and Nobel laureate (1938–2025)
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David Baltimore (1938–2025) was an American virologist, microbiologist, biochemist, and university teacher. He worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, The Rockefeller University, and Salk Institute for Biological Studies. His research focused on biochemistry, molecular biology, virology, and biology. He was educated at Swarthmore College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and The Rockefeller University.
Baltimore received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Canada Gairdner International Award, the National Medal of Science, and the NAS Award in Molecular Biology. He was a member of the Royal Society, French Academy of Sciences, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and National Academy of Sciences. He was married to Alice S. Huang and had doctoral students including Gary Ruvkun, Nancy Andrews, and Victor Ambros. He died of cancer in Woods Hole due to natural causes.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1975
“for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Woods Hole
- Spouse
- Alice S. Huang
- Occupation
- biochemist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- genetic engineering
- Official website
- www.bbe.caltech.edu/people/david-baltimore
- Image
- Dr. David Baltimore2 crop2.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Great Neck Peninsula
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- Commons category
- David Baltimore
- date of birth
- 1938-03-07
- Erdős number
- 5
- name in native language
- David Baltimore
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- date of death
- 2025-09-06
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- interested in
- microbiology
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Encyclopedic overview
David Baltimore (March 7, 1938 – September 6, 2025) was an American biologist, university administrator, and 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. He was 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.
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 contributed to immunology, virology, cancer research, biotechnology, and recombinant DNA research. He 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 received a number of other awards, including the U.S. National Medal of Science in 1999 and the Lasker Award in 2021.
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