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Brian Kobilka

1955 - Today

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Brian Kent Kobilka (born May 30, 1955) is an American physiologist and a recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Lefkowitz for discoveries that reveal the workings of G protein-coupled receptors. He is currently a professor in the department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is also a co-founder of ConfometRx, a biotechnology company focusing on G protein-coupled receptors. He was named a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Kobilka is the 337th most popular biologist (up from 375th in 2019), the 2,978th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,455th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Brian Kobilka ranks 337 out of 1,097. Before him are Charles M. Rice, Patrick Geddes, Jérôme Lejeune, Edward Blyth, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, and Otto Friedrich Müller. After him are Valerius Cordus, Phillip Allen Sharp, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, George Robert Waterhouse, Josif Pančić, and Nehemiah Grew.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Brian Kobilka ranks 120. Before him are Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Maria Shriver, Thomas C. Südhof, Philippe Troussier, Bruno Conti, and Joseph Dunford. After him are Miguel Ferrer, Avram Grant, Xander Berkeley, Olivier Assayas, David Julius, and Toru Iwatani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brian Kobilka ranks 2,978 out of 20,380. Before him are Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), Philly Joe Jones (1923), Clark L. Hull (1884), William Klein (1928), Charles Rangel (1930), and Randy Rhoads (1956). After him are Martin Davis (1928), Jane Jacobs (1916), Alexander Shulgin (1925), Lea Thompson (1961), Miguel Ferrer (1955), and Vera Farmiga (1973).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Brian Kobilka ranks 60. Before him are Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Andrew Fire (1959), David Baltimore (1938), Carol W. Greider (1961), and Charles M. Rice (1952). After him are Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), David Julius (1955), Craig Mello (1960), Craig Venter (1946), Theodore Gill (1837), and Henrietta Lacks (1920).

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