David Julius
David Julius | |
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Julius in 2022 | |
| Born | November 4, 1955 New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) University of California, Berkeley (MS, PhD) Columbia University (post-doctoral training) |
| Spouse | Holly Ingraham |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physiology Biochemistry Neuroscience |
| Institutions | University of California, San Francisco |
| Thesis | Protein processing and secretion in yeast: biosynthesis of α-factor mating pheromone (1984) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jeremy Thorner Randy Schekman |
| Other academic advisors | Richard Axel Alexander Rich |
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.