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Timothy Springer

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Founder at Institute for Protein Innovation
📍 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Timothy Springer is the Latham Family Professor at Harvard Medical School and a founder of the Institute for Protein Innovation. His career has focused on immunology, where he discovered and characterized adhesion receptors in the immune system. He earned his B. A. from the University of California, Berkeley and his Ph. D. from Harvard University.

Outside of his scientific work, he is a prominent philanthropist and an avid art collector. Together with his late wife, he assembled one of the worlds most important collections of Chinese scholars rocks and classical furniture, parts of which have been auctioned and donated.

He became a billionaire from an early $5 million seed investment in the biotechnology company Moderna.

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Experience
36 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Immunology Research
His entire scientific career is built on foundational discoveries in immunology, specifically the characterization of adhesion molecules critical for leukocyte function.
Protein Science
He founded the Institute for Protein Innovation (IPI) to advance biological discovery and provide open-source protein-based reagents like antibodies to the scientific community.
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Career

Work history

2017
Founder
Institute for Protein Innovation
2011
Professor Of Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
1989
Latham Family Professor
Harvard Medical School
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Immunologist Timothy Springer Gives $210 Million to Institute for Protein Innovation. Featured in Philanthropy Magazine
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Tim Springer's journey to IPI. Featured in Institute for Protein Innovation
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