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Robert Lefkowitz

Also known as: Robert Joseph Lefkowitz, Robert J Lefkowitz

Place of birth:

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Birth date:

1943-04-15 • Birth Sign: Aries

Citizenship:

United States

Short Bio:

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.

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Science and academia Medicine biochemist physician university teacher chemist researcher The Bronx United States