weallhaveaids.org . Click on the picture to enlarge. David Baltimore on the top row, fourth from the right, above and between Elizabeth Taylor and Alicia Keyes.

i was waiting in the bart station at the civic center, in my final performance of the sf ballet (i'm so sad they're over with their season!) when i saw my old boss's face staring back at me. wow! amazing - hidden among all these stars was my old PI, david baltimore. unfortunately, he doesn't do a lot of basic science research in HIV now after his initial Nobel-worthy discovery of reverse transcriptase (his lab does more cancer, neuroscience, and cell signaling - although at lab, there was a room called the HIV room where a lot of the work used to take place) but he's still active in speaking before Congress, etc.

he was a really nice guy - he gave me a raise. ^^ i remember him inviting us over to his house (or Caltech's house, reserved for their president) and him joining us for a dip in the pool. he has a really cute dog too.