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Baulcombe, David |
Location
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University of Cambridge |
Primary Field
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Plant Biology |
Secondary Field
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Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences |
Election Citation
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Baulcombe has characterized numerous plant genes conferring resistance against virus disease and pioneered the genetic engineering of virus resistance in plants. His work recognized the importance of gene silencing as a natural antiviral defense mechanism, and his discovery of short silencing RNA molecules has been seminal in the field of RNA interference.
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