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David Julius

1955 - Today

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David Jay Julius (born November 4, 1955) is an American physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate known for his work on molecular mechanisms of pain sensation and heat, including the characterization of the TRPV1 and TRPM8 receptors that detect capsaicin, menthol, and temperature. He is a professor at the University of California, San Francisco. Julius won the 2010 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine and the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. In 2020 he was awarded The Kavli Prize, and in 2021 the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Ardem Patapoutian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Julius is the 351st most popular biologist (down from 269th in 2019), the 3,047th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,520th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, David Julius ranks 351 out of 1,097. Before him are Christen C. Raunkiær, Carl Alexander Clerck, Friedrich Boie, Antonio José Cavanilles, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, and Pierre Gaspard Chaumette. After him are Craig Mello, Moritz Wagner, Craig Venter, Daniel Solander, Theodore Gill, and Henrietta Lacks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, David Julius ranks 125. Before him are Joseph Dunford, Brian Kobilka, Miguel Ferrer, Avram Grant, Xander Berkeley, and Olivier Assayas. After him are Toru Iwatani, John Roberts, Brigitte Lahaie, Wang Huning, Anne Sofie von Otter, and John de Mol Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Julius ranks 3,047 out of 20,380. Before him are Katey Sagal (1954), George M. Dallas (1792), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), George Gallup (1901), Mike Campbell (1950), and Benny Blanco (1988). After him are Pete Buttigieg (1982), Asa Akira (1986), Jaclyn Smith (1945), John Carmack (1970), Ariana Grande (1993), and Edmond Hamilton (1904).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, David Julius ranks 62. Before him are Andrew Fire (1959), David Baltimore (1938), Carol W. Greider (1961), Charles M. Rice (1952), Brian Kobilka (1955), and Phillip Allen Sharp (1944). After him are Craig Mello (1960), Craig Venter (1946), Theodore Gill (1837), Henrietta Lacks (1920), Joel Asaph Allen (1838), and Frank Chapman (1864).

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