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Blumberg, Benjamin Mautner was born on April 30, 1942 in St. Louis. Son of Morris Burgheim B. and Dorothy (Mautner) Cordes.
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Benjamin Mautner Blumberg
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Benjamin Mautner Blumberg, American virologist. Achievements include patent pending for xenograft model for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 infection of human brain; research in replication mechanism of vesicular stomatitis virus, polymerase structure of paramyxoviruses, Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 infection of astrocytes in vivo.
Education
Bachelor, Harvard College, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1974.
Career
Research assistant University Geneva, Switzerland, 1980-1984. Research chemist VA, East Orange, New Jersey, 1984-1989. Associate professor University Rochester (New York ) Medical Center, since 1989.
Consultant VA, 1988-1989.
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Membership
Donor Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, since 1989, WXXI Rochester, since 1989. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, American Society for Virology, Harvard Club Rochester.
Connections
Married Bonnie Birtwistle, JUne 15, 1974 (divorced 1977).
