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Prof. Shane Crotty @profshanecrotty.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

1/ David Baltimore passed away this weekend. He was one of the greatest biologists of the past 100 years. He made extraordinary contributions to immunology, cancer, molecular biology, virology, HIV, biochemistry, genetics, and genetic engineering. He won the Nobel prize in Medicine at age 37.

David Baltimore in his lab, circa 1971, the era of the reverse transcriptase discoveries

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Prof. Shane Crotty @profshanecrotty.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

2/ There were those who said he should have easily won two Nobel Prizes. He had a tumultuous tenure as President of Rockefeller University, followed by a highly success tenure as President of Caltech. Perhaps his most enduring legacy is the incredible cadre of scientists who trained in his lab

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Prof. Shane Crotty @profshanecrotty.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

3/ Many of his trainees have gone on to be leaders in their fields for decades, elected to the National Academies, and been heads of universities.

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