David Julius
1955
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Abraham Lincoln High School
occupation: university teacher, physiologist, biochemist
award received: Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, Perl-UNC Prize, W. Alden Spencer Award, Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research, Canada Gairdner International Award, The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine, Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Rosenstiel Award, Clarivate Citation Laureates
David Jay Julius (born November 4, 1955) is an American physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate known for his work on molecular mechanisms of pain sensation and heat, including the characterization of the TRPV1 and TRPM8 receptors that detect capsaicin, menthol, and temperature. He is a professor at the University of California, San Francisco. Julius won the 2010 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine and the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. In 2020 he was awarded The Kavli Prize, and in 2021 the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Ardem Patapoutian. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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