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Jean-Pierre Changeux

1936 - Today

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Jean-Pierre Changeux (French: [ʃɑ̃ʒø]; born 6 April 1936) is a French neuroscientist known for his research in several fields of biology, from the structure and function of proteins (with a focus on the allosteric proteins), to the early development of the nervous system up to cognitive functions. Although being famous in biological sciences for the MWC model, the identification and purification of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, the theory of epigenesis by synapse selection and the global neuronal workspace theory for conscious processing are also notable scientific achievements. Changeux is known by the non-scientific public for his ideas regarding the connection between mind and physical brain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Pierre Changeux is the 851st most popular biologist (down from 544th in 2019), the 4,444th most popular biography from France (down from 3,753rd in 2019) and the 117th most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Jean-Pierre Changeux ranks 851 out of 1,097. Before him are Aharon Katzir, Astrid Cleve, William Kirby, John Hutton Balfour, John Kunkel Small, and Carl Fredrik Fallén. After him are Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Arthur Gardiner Butler, Nikolay Drozdov, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Everard Home, and William Sherard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Jean-Pierre Changeux ranks 378. Before him are Med Hondo, Abraham Lempel, Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Ben Pon, Nh. Dini, and Anatoly Mikhaylov. After him are Guillermo Escalada, Míriam Colón, Carlos Blixen, Vladimir Maslachenko, James Darren, and Tony Nash.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Pierre Changeux ranks 4,444 out of 6,770. Before him are Tonie Marshall (1951), Michel Garicoïts (1797), Chantal Chaudé de Silans (1919), Jean Debucourt (1894), Judith Godrèche (1972), and Betsy Jolas (1926). After him are Karen Lancaume (1973), Christine Goitschel (1944), Wilhelm Philippe Schimper (1808), Jean Marcel Honoré (1920), Charles Joseph Minard (1781), and Victor Bérard (1864).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Jean-Pierre Changeux ranks 117. Before him are Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville (1799), Jules Pierre Rambur (1801), Aimée Antoinette Camus (1879), André Thouin (1746), Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804), and René Dubos (1901). After him are Wilhelm Philippe Schimper (1808), Jules Verreaux (1807), Édouard Ménétries (1802), Édouard Louis Trouessart (1842), Théodore Monod (1902), and Paul Henri Lecomte (1856).

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