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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.
Lefkowitz. The Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of Medicine. Professor of Medicine. Professor of Chemistry. Professor of Pathology. Professor of Biochemistry. Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society. Member of the Duke Cancer Institute. Cardiology.
Robert J. Lefkowitz. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012. Born: 15 April 1943, New York, NY, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. Prize motivation: “for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors” Prize share: 1/2. Life.
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Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D. is Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry at the Duke University Medical Center.
Robert J. Lefkowitz (born April 15, 1943, Bronx, New York, U.S.) is an American physician and molecular biologist who demonstrated the existence of receptors —molecules that receive and transmit signals for cells.
Born in a small Russian village, he was known as a child prodigy at a young age and ultimately immigrated to the United States to become head of the Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University in New York City. One of his sons, Harry, was an ordained Rabbi and a prominent mathematician.
