Biography
Sir David Charles Baulcombe (born 7 April 1952 [ 4 ] [ 5 ] ) is a British plant scientist and geneticist . As of October 2024 [update] he was Head of Group, Gene Expression, in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge , and the Edward Penley Abraham Royal Society Research Professor and Regius Professor of Botany Emeritus at Cambridge. [ 7 ] He held the Regius botany chair in that department from 2007 to 2020. [ 8 ] [ independent source needed ] . David Baulcombe was born on 7 April 1952 in the United Kingdom , in Solihull , Warwickshire , [ 4 ] [ 8 ] (in England's Midlands), into "a non-scientific family". [ 9 ] As a child growing up in England’s West Midlands, David Baulcombe developed a fascination for algae, mosses, and other ‘lower plants’, which eventually led him to study botany at Leeds before shifting his focus to molecular biology. [ 10 ]
About the Lasker Award
The Lasker Awards have been awarded annually since 1946 to living persons who have made major contributions to medical science or who have performed public service on behalf of medicine. They are administered by the Lasker Foundation, founded by advertising pioneer Albert Lasker and his wife Mary Woodard Lasker (a medical research activist). The awards are sometimes referred to as "America's Nobels."
Quick Facts
- Award: Lasker Award - Basic Medical Research
- Added: 2026-02-07
- Source: Wikipedia
- Established: 1946
- Presented by: Lasker Foundation