Brian Kobilka
Brian Kobilka | |
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Brian Kobilka at Stanford in 2024 | |
| Born | Brian Kent Kobilka May 30, 1955 Little Falls, Minnesota, United States |
| Education | University of Minnesota Duluth (BS) Yale University (MD) |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Crystallography |
| Institutions | Stanford University, Duke University |
| Academic advisors | Robert Lefkowitz |
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.