Robert Lefkowitz
1943
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
Country of citizenship: United States
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
Educated at: Columbia University, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, The Bronx High School of Science, Duke University
Occupation: biochemist, physician, university teacher, chemist, researcher
Award received: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Canada Gairdner International Award, National Medal of Science, John J. Abel Award, Albany Medical Center Prize, Endocrine Regulation Prize, Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cardiovascular Research, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, Scientific Grand Prize of the Lefoulon-Delalande Fondation, Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cardiovascular Research, The Louis and Artur Lucian Award in Cardiovascular Diseases, The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine, Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal, Fred Conrad Koch Award, North Carolina Award for Science, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, George M. Kober Lectureship, George M. Kober Medal, John Jay Award
Official website: www.lefkolab.org
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Robert Joseph Lefkowitz (born April 15, 1943) is an American physician (internist and cardiologist) and biochemist. He is best known for his discoveries that reveal the inner workings of an important family of G protein-coupled receptors, for which he was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Brian Kobilka. He is currently an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as well as a James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry at Duke University. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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