Peter Agre

American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Peter Agre is an American chemist, molecular biologist, university teacher, and physician. Born in Northfield on January 30, 1949, he holds a Doctor of Medicine degree. He has been employed by Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Agre is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

His field of work is molecular biology, and he was influenced by Pedro Cuatrecasas. Agre received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award, and a fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and the Nobel Laureates collection. His works include *Red Blood Cell Membranes : Structure : Function* and *Can Scientists Succeed Where Politicians Fail?*

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Can Scientists Succeed Where Politicians Fail?
Red Blood Cell Membranes : Structure : Function

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry2003
“for the discovery of water channels”
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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Peter
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Northfield
Occupation: physician
Employer: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Lutheranism
Academic degree: Doctor of Medicine
Field of work: molecular biology
Image: Peter Agre.jpg

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Commons category: Peter Agre
date of birth: 1949-01-30
member of: American Association for the Advancement of Science
influenced by: Pedro Cuatrecasas
name in native language: Peter Agre
interested in: biology

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Encyclopedic overview

Peter Agre (/ˈɑːɡriː/; born January 30, 1949) is a Nobel Laureate American physician, molecular biologist, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute. In 2003, Agre and Roderick MacKinnon shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes." Agre was recognized for his discovery of aquaporin water channels. Aquaporins are water-channel proteins that move water molecules through the cell membrane. In 2009, Agre was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and became active in science diplomacy.

Biography

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