1. David Baulcombe held the Regius botany chair in that department from 2007 to 2020.
11 Facts About David Baulcombe
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David Baulcombe returned to the United Kingdom then, where he was given the opportnity to create his own research group at the Plant Breeding Institute in Cambridge.
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At the PBI, David Baulcombe initially held the position of Higher Scientific Officer, and was promoted to Principal Scientific Officer in April 1986.
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David Baulcombe joined the Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich in 1988, and as of 2007 was a senior research scientist, and served as head of laboratory between 1990 and 1993 and between 1999 and 2003.
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In March 2007 it was announced that David Baulcombe would become the next Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge, taking up his post in September 2007.
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Accordingly, in 2008, David Baulcombe was named as a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
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David Baulcombe was succeeded in the chair by Ottoline Leyser in 2020.
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David Baulcombe served on the Life Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize in 2015.
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David Baulcombe's group demonstrated "that while viruses can induce gene silencing some viruses encode proteins that suppress gene silencing".
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In June 2009, David Baulcombe was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2009 Birthday Honours List, "for services to plant science".
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David Baulcombe has been married to Rose Eden since 1976, and they have four children.