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Walter Dobrogosz was born on 3 September, 1933 in Albion, Pennsylvania, USA, is an A 21st-century american biologist. Discover Walter Dobrogosz's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?

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Born 3 September 1933
Birthday 3 September
Birthplace Albion, Pennsylvania, USA
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Walter Dobrogosz is a Professor Emeritus of North Carolina State University, best known for his discovery and further research on the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus reuteri.

1933

Dobrogosz was born on September 3, 1933, in Albion, Pennsylvania.

He grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania, and received his B.S., Masters, and Ph.

D. degrees in bacteriology and biochemistry from Penn State University.

1953

Professor Dobrogosz married his wife Donna in 1953 and is the father of four children, including musician Steve Dobrogosz, and grandfather of nine.

He now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Dobrogosz has been an avid athlete since his youth.

In high school, he lettered in basketball, American football, and track and field.

At Penn State University, he competed on the varsity track and field team as a hurdler.

In his adulthood Dobrogosz discovered handball, at which he also became very competitive.

1960

In 1960-62, Dobrogosz held an NIH-supported postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and afterwards began teaching at N.C. State University.

1968

He became a full Professor of Microbiology at N. C. State in 1968 and remained there until his retirement in 2003.

While at N. C. State, he taught the graduate courses 'Metabolic Regulatory Mechanisms,' 'Microbial Physiology and Bioenergetics,' and 'Metabolism, Growth, and Regulation,' and the undergraduate courses "General Microbiology,' 'Microbial Metabolism,' and 'Microbes and World Affairs.'

Early in his research career, Dobrogosz studied metabolic regulation in such species as Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. In particular, his research focused on the phenomenon of catabolite repression, a regulatory system involving interactions of cyclic AMP, the catabolite repressor protein (CRP) complex, and the lac operon and other inducible systems in bacteria.

1970

One of the premier handball players in North Carolina during the 1970s, Dobrogosz won many tournaments, including the 1975 and 1977 North Carolina amateur men's singles championships, and the 1972, 1974, 1980, and 1981 Raleigh YMCA doubles titles.

1985

The focus of Dobrogosz's research shifted in 1985, when he and student Lars Axelsson identified L. reuteri, a new lactic acid bacterium.

Later that year, while on a Fulbright Fellowship to study in Sweden, Dobrogosz and colleague Sven Lindgren discovered that L. reuteri produces a potent anti-microbial substance, which they termed "reuterin."

Based on this, they hypothesized that the human-specific strain of L. reuteri had the potential to be a protective probiotic.

Dobrogosz and his fellows obtained patents on both the bacterium and reuterin, and later began to market L. reuteri for its benefits to human and animal health.

1987

Dobrogosz founded Probiologics International (PBI) in 1987, a company devoted to the commercial prospects of L. reuteri.

PBI began to carry out human clinical trials, and found that L. reuteri is effective in preventing diarheal diseases and other gut infections.

L. reuteri is now known to maintain intestinal health, prevent fungal, bacterial, and protozoal infections, and mediate the body's immune response.

1990

PBI was purchased by public investors in 1990, and later its name was changed to BioGaia AB.

It continues to market L. reuteri, often contained in yogurt or milk-based products, worldwide.

Dobrogosz has been involved with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) throughout his career.

He has served on the editorial board of the ASM journal, chaired the Genetics and Physiology section of the ASM, and presided for two terms over the ASM's North Carolina branch.

Since retirement, Dobrogosz has remained an active advocate of the "probiotic concept"; the importance of microbes in human health.

He continues to publish review articles on L. reuteri, in addition to attending and lecturing at conferences on probiotic and microbiological research.

Though born in the United States, Dobrogosz is of Eastern European ancestry.

His father was born in Warsaw, Poland (then under Russian control), and his mother was Slovac.