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Robert Lefkowitz
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American physician and biochemist
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry2012
“for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Occupation
- researcher
- Educated at
- Duke University
- Employer
- Duke University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Medicine
- Doctoral student
- Brian Kobilka
- Field of work
- biochemistry
- Official website
- www.lefkolab.org
- Image
- Robert Lefkowitz 1 2012 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Robert Lefkowitz
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- date of birth
- 1943-04-15
- interested in
- biochemistry
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life
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