Brian Kobilka

Brian Kobilka
Brian Kobilka at Stanford in 2024
Born
Brian Kent Kobilka

(1955-05-30) May 30, 1955 (age 69)
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota Duluth (BS)
Yale University (MD)
AwardsNobel Prize in Chemistry (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsCrystallography
InstitutionsStanford University, Duke University
Academic advisorsRobert Lefkowitz

Brian Kent Kobilka (born May 30, 1955)[1] 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.

  1. ^ "BRIAN K. KOBILKA, MD". Tsinghua University School of Medicine. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2013-01-16.