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Peter Agre

Chemistry

Peter Agre is an American physician and molecular biologist who shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Roderick MacKinnon for discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes, specifically his discovery of aquaporins, the water channels that regulate water flow across cell membranes.

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Field (category)
Chemistry 1
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Biology 1
Field (category)
Medicine 1
Birth Year
1949 1
Nationality
United States 1
Birthplace
Northfield, United States 1
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1. Peter Agre (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
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  • P19 (place of birth): Northfield, United States
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Peter Agre (Wikipedia)
  • Works In: Biology, Lead sentence
    Peter Courtland Agre (; born January 30, 1949) is a Nobel Laureate American physician, molecular biologist, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.
  • Works In: Medicine, Lead sentence
    Peter Courtland Agre (; born January 30, 1949) is a Nobel Laureate American physician, molecular biologist, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.
  • Works In: Molecular Biology, Lead sentence
    Peter Courtland Agre (; born January 30, 1949) is a Nobel Laureate American physician, molecular biologist, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.
  • Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Article text
    In addition to the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Agre was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2000, the American Academy of Arts a
  • Member Of: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Article text
    In 2009, Agre was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and became active in science dip
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