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Robert Lefkowitz

Scientist · born April 15, 1943

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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.

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  1. ~64Received the National Medal of Science2007
  2. ~69Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry2012

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