TWiV Special: David Baltimore, remembered
Sep 09, 2025•1 hr 7 min
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Episode description
TWiV re-issues our 100th episode which featured a discussion of viruses with David Baltimore, an exemplary scientist and Vincent’s exemplary mentor, who passed on 6 September 2025.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich ConditGuest: David Baltimore
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Links for this episode- Support science education at MicrobeTV
- David’s early papers on poliovirus and mengovirus RNA synthesis
- Reverse transcriptase found by Baltimore and Temin (pdfs)
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1975
- The David Baltimore asteroid belt
- Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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