David Baulcombe

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Baulcombe
Occupation	Plant Scientist
Date Of Birth	Apr 7, 1952(1952-04-07)
Age	72
Birthplace	Solihull
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aries

David Baulcombe Biography

David Baulcombe is one of the most popular and richest Plant Scientist who was born on April 7, 1952 in Solihull, England, United Kingdom.

David Baulcombe was born in Solihull, West Midlands (then Warwickshire). He received his Bachelor of Science degree in botany from the University of Leeds in 1973 at the age of 21. He continued his studies at the University of Edinburgh, where he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1977 for research on Messenger RNA in vascular plants supervised by John Ingle.

After his PhD, Baulcombe then spent the following three years as a post- doctoral fellow in North America, first at McGill University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) from January 1977 to November 1978, and then at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia, United States) until December 1980. Baulcombe returned to the United Kingdom then, where he joined the Plant Breeding Institute (PBI) in Cambridge and started his career as an independent scientist. At the PBI, Baulcombe initially held the position of Higher Scientific Officer, and was promoted to Principal Scientific Officer in April

1986. In August 1988 Baulcombe left Cambridge for Norwich. He joined the Sainsbury Laboratory as a Senior Research Scientist, and also served as Head of Laboratory between 1990 and 1993 and 1999–2003. In 1998 he was appointed Honorary Professor at the University of East Anglia, and given a full professorship there in 2002. In March 2007 it was announced that Baulcombe would become the next Professor of Botany at Cambridge University as a Royal Society Research Professor, taking up his post in September 2007. He serves on several committees and study sections, was elected Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation in 1997 and was president of the International Society of Plant Molecular Biology 2003–2004. As of 2007, he is also a senior advisor for The EMBO Journal.

David Baulcombe Net Worth

David Baulcombe is one of the richest Plant Scientist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Baulcombe 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sir David Charles Baulcombe FRS FMedSci (born 1952) is a British plant scientist and geneticist. As of 2017 he is a Royal Society Research Professor and Regius Professor of Botany in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

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Mark Ranked on the list of most popular Plant Scientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. David Baulcombe celebrates birthday on April 7 of every year.

Top Facts about David Baulcombe

1. David Baulcombe is a British plant scientist and geneticist.
2. He won the 2008 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.
3. Baulcombe discovered RNA silencing in plants.
4. He was knighted in 2009 for his contributions to science.
5. Baulcombe served as Director of the Sainsbury Laboratory from 1990-2007.
6. He has published over 300 scientific papers.
7. Baulcombe is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences.
8. His research focuses on plant-pathogen interactions and gene regulation.
9. Baulcombe received his PhD from Edinburgh University in 1976.
10. He currently holds positions at both Cambridge University and the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK.