A new portrait was unveiled of Dr. Barach Samuel "Barry" Blumberg. Blumberg is known for identifying the Hepatitis B virus as well as its diagnostic test and vaccine. Blumberg died on April 5, 2011, shortly after giving the keynote speech at the International Lunar Research Park Exploratory Workshop held at NASA Ames Research Center. At the time of
A new portrait was unveiled of Dr. Barach Samuel “Barry” Blumberg. Blumberg is known for identifying the Hepatitis B virus as well as its diagnostic test and vaccine. Blumberg died on April 5, 2011, shortly after giving the keynote speech at the International Lunar Research Park Exploratory Workshop held at NASA Ames Research Center. At the time of his death Blumberg was a Distinguished Scientist at the NASA Lunar Science Institute, located at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California.
Photo Credit: NASA Ames Research Center / Dominic Hart