The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012
Awarded on: 2012-10-10
"for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors"
Affiliations:
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute – USA
- Duke University Medical Center – Durham, NC, USA
Robert J. Lefkowitz
Born: 1943-04-15 in New York, NY, USA
Gender: male
Field: American physician and biochemist
Biography
Robert Joseph Lefkowitz is an American physician 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.