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Robert Lefkowitz
b. 1943
American physician and biochemist
- Born
- 15 Apr 1943 · The Bronx
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 15 Apr 1943BornBorn in The Bronx
- 1978AwardJohn J. Abel Award
- 1987AwardNorth Carolina Award for Science
- 1988AwardCanada Gairdner International Award
- 1992AwardBristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cardiovascular Research
- 2000AwardThe Louis and Artur Lucian Award in Cardiovascular Diseases
- 2001AwardFred Conrad Koch Award
- 2001AwardJessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal
- 2001AwardRobert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cardiovascular Research
- 2003AwardEndocrine Regulation Prize
- 2003AwardScientific Grand Prize of the Lefoulon-Delalande Fondation
- 2006AwardGeorge M. Kober Lectureship
- 2007AwardNational Medal of Science
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1943 – today).
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
Biography
Robert Joseph Lefkowitz (born April 15, 1943) is an American physician (internist and cardiologist) 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 Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry at Duke University.
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