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Renato Dulbecco
Sharing the 1975 Nobel Prize for research on tumour viruses.
Animal-virus plaque assay · Tumour viruses
- Born
- 22 February 1914
- Birthplace
- Catanzaro
- Died
- 19 February 2012
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Renato Dulbecco
Renato Dulbecco was an Italian-American virologist who studied how viruses interact with the genetic material of cells.
Early life
Education
Grew up in Liguria and studied medicine at Turin under Giuseppe Levi.
Career
- 1947
United States
Joined Salvador Luria’s research group at Indiana University.
- 1949
Caltech
Continued virus research with Max Delbrück’s group.
- 1962
Salk Institute
Joined the new research institute.
- 1975
Nobel Prize
Shared the medicine prize with David Baltimore and Howard Temin.
Contributions
Animal-virus plaque assay
Developed a method for measuring animal viruses.
Tumour viruses
Studied changes in infected cells’ genetic material.
Beyond research
Wartime life
Served as a military doctor before joining the Italian resistance.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Additional biographical source ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
Photo: Renato_Dulbecco.jpg: Unknown, gift Dr. Dulbecco derivative work: Materialscientist (talk). Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.