Nobel laureate David Baker, right, speaks with BioCentury's Simone Fishburn at the Life Science Innovation Northwest conference in Seattle. (GeekWire ...

David Baker grew up on Capitol Hill with scientist ... In October he reached the summit for the sciences, earning the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work in computational protein design.

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Last year, University of Washington School of Medicine professor of biochemistry David Baker won the Nobel Prize for his work on designing proteins that can be used in drugs, vaccines, materials ...

University of Washington biochemist David Baker is a hot ticket. Baker, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in October, straddles the worlds of academia and entrepreneurship. He leads the UW ...