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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.
David Baltimore. President Emeritus; Judge Shirley Hufstedler Professor of Biology.
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"
Dr. Baltimore talks about how he became interested in science; his first decade as a scientist (4:40); the discovery of reverse transcriptase 16:58); the impact of the discovery (28:57); the Nobel Prize (35:02); recombinant DNA technology (38:34); how his research evolved (46:22); and the Human Genome Project (49:49).
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 is President Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Biology at Caltech. Awarded the Nobel Prize in 1975 for research in virology, Baltimore has profoundly influenced national science policy on such issues as recombinant DNA research and the AIDS epidemic.
In 1970, David Baltimore — discovered reverse transcription, the process by which retroviruses infiltrate healthy cells and use the host’s cellular machinery to replicate. For this discovery and his subsequent work with reverse transcriptases, Dr. Baltimore received a share of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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."
