Claim · 2026-10-30 · snapshot · Stated in source · Supported

HHMI's undated investigator profile, as served on 2026-10-30, lists David Baker as an Investigator with the dates “2000-Present”.

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David Baker → held role at → Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Claim and evidence

David Bakerheld role at ↓Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Supporting evidence: primary · 1 source; Context: primary · 1 source

Date: 2026-10-30 · snapshot Records dated 2026 →
Role: Investigator

Scope and limitsHHMI's own statement of the role and its start year, read at the retrieval date; no appointment history between 2000 and 2026 is examined. The Nobel release of 9 October 2024 also names him as an HHMI Investigator (context).

The evidence 02

primary sourceSupports the claim

David Baker, PhD | Investigator Profile

Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Publication date unknown

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“David Baker, PhD | Investigator Profile | 2000-Present”

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Machine-checked · 2026-10-30

Source details and check notes

Authors: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 b99c1f2a9bab96a17180086acd2e9c377b7d6b3f60a6849271478366ad83ca1b). Undated HHMI profile page 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: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, “David Baker, PhD | Investigator Profile”.
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Check notes: Candidate pack passage, AI in biology (research/ai-in-biology). The quotation (6 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. No human editorial review.

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Press release: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (on nobelprize.org) · 2024-10-09

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Source excerpt

“Professor at University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA.”

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How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher

Machine-checked · 2026-10-30

Source details and check notes

Authors: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (on nobelprize.org)
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 2f4c590c9ce9bc0d5b87c96edb465cfc77bb605a88bf781a6ae52c071516de6b). English HTML press release dated 9 October 2024, 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: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (on nobelprize.org), “Press release: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024”, 2024-10-09.
Reuse: No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution.
Check notes: Candidate pack passage, AI in biology (research/ai-in-biology). The quotation (15 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. The awarding body's snapshot of 9 October 2024. No human editorial review.

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