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Brian Kobilka
born 1955
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryBrian Kent Kobilka is an American physiologist and a recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Lefkowitz for discoveries that reveal the workings of G protein-coupled receptors. He is currently a professor in the department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is also a co-founder of ConfometRx, a biotechnology company focusing on G protein-coupled receptors. He was named a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2011.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
May 30, 1955
Little Falls
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
biochemistphysicistuniversity teacherchemistphysiologistcrystallographer
Awards & honours
Nobel Prize in ChemistryJohn J. Abel AwardMendel MedalThe Louis and Artur Lucian Award in Cardiovascular DiseasesJulius Axelrod Award
- Field and occupation
- americký biochemik
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