Lefkowitz published a memoir entitled A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm: The Adrenaline-Fueled Adventures of an Accidental Scientist
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Robert Lefkowitz
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 Profes…
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science · American physician and biochemist · biochemist · physician · university teacher · chemist · researcher · also Robert Lefkowitz, Robert Joseph Lefkowitz, Robert J Lefkowitz, Lefkowitz
Born 15 April 1943 · Q80910
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2013).
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2012).
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2011· 1 entry
Won George M. Kober Medal (2011).
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2009).
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2007· 3 entries
Awarded Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine (2007).
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Awarded Albany Medical Center Prize (2007).
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Won National Medal of Science (2007).
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded George M. Kober Lectureship (2006).
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded Scientific Grand Prize of the Lefoulon-Delalande Fondation (2003).
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Awarded Endocrine Regulation Prize (2003).
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2001· 3 entries
Awarded Fred Conrad Koch Award (2001).
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Awarded Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cardiovascular Research (2001).
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Won Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded The Louis and Artur Lucian Award in Cardiovascular Diseases (2000).
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cardiovascular Research (1992).
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Canada Gairdner International Award (1988).
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded North Carolina Award for Science (1987).
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded John J. Abel Award (1978).
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1977· 1 entry
Was promoted to professor of medicine and in 1982 to James B
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1973· 1 entry
Was appointed associate professor of medicine and assistant professor of biochemistry at the Duke University Medical Center
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1959· 1 entry
Attended Columbia College from which he received a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry in 1962
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1943· 2 entries
Born 1943-04-15.
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In The Bronx, New York to Jewish parents Max and Rose Lefkowitz
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