Claim · 2012-04-13 · snapshot · Stated in source · Supported

The IPD's post of 13 April 2012 announcing its establishment names David Baker as its "founding director".

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What it connects

David Baker → held role at → Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington

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Claim and evidence

David Bakerheld role at ↓Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington

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Supporting evidence: primary · 1 source

Date: 2012-04-13 · snapshot Records dated 2012 →
Role: Founding director

Scope and limitsA role at the stated establishment; no tenure is reconstructed. His University of Washington professorship and HHMI role are recorded separately.

The evidence 01

primary sourceSupports the claim

UW establishes the Institute for Protein Design

Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington · 2012-04-13

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Source excerpt

“With David Baker as our founding director”

Location in source second body paragraph, after the opening blockquote

How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher

Machine-checked · 2026-10-30

Source details and check notes

Authors: Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 611cad67ca536e21865ca3eb7124f593897ecfe1326b7c934f1f31fad9f213f7). IPD blog post "By admin | April 13, 2012", as served on 2026-10-30. Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated.
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Accessed: 2026-10-30
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington, “UW establishes the Institute for Protein Design”, 2012-04-13.
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Check notes: Candidate pack passage, AI in biology (research/ai-in-biology). The quotation (7 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-30. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-30, item A36) answered the record’s question blind from fresh retrievals and agreed with the record. No human editorial review.

Status and meaning

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Relation. An institutional role with explicitly scoped time: snapshot, sourced interval, or unknown dates. No continuing appointment is implied.

Date. Source-dated snapshot at establishment.

Record ID aib-labs-baker-ipd-founding-director-2012