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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1990s (104) 1998 (12) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1940s (122) 1941 (16) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Northeastern states (100) New York (67) New York City (56) 18. Living Winners 18. Living Winners Alive (292) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) L (30) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) I (2) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name L-R (156) L (13) Louis (4) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 58 (25) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Western states (85) California (81) University of California (39) University of California Los Angeles (5) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Midwestern states (201) Minnesota (29) Minneapolis (29) University of Minnesota (29) Alumni (9) Northeastern states (374) New York (216) New York City (168) Columbia University (96) Alumni (43) Western states (262) California (253) University of California (159) Los Angeles (24) University of California, Los Angeles (24) Long-term academic staff (10) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) complete name: Louis Ignarro nobel prize: medicine award year: 1998 together with: Robert F. Furchgott together with: Ferid Murad prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998 was awarded jointly to Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro and Ferid Murad "for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Louis family name: Ignarro occupation: pharmacist occupation: university teacher occupation: pharmacologist occupation: biochemist work location: University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1405, United States of America description: Louis Ignarro is an American pharmacologist. For demonstrating the signaling properties of nitric oxide, he was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Robert F. Furchgott and Ferid Murad. Currently, he is professor of pharmacology at the UCLA School of Medicine's department of molecular and medical pharmacology in Los Angeles, which he joined in 1985. Before relocating to California, he was a professor of pharmacology at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, for 12 years. Ignarro has also previously worked as a staff scientist, research department, for the pharmaceutical division of CIBA-GEIGY Corporation in New York. Ignarro has published numerous research articles. He received the Basic Research Prize of the American Heart Association in 1998. This was in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the advancement of cardiovascular science. That same year, he was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences and the following year, into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Because nitric oxide is indirectly involved in the action of this drug, he is sometimes referred to as the "Father of Viagra". He is the founder of the Nitric Oxide Society, and founder and editor-in-chief of Nitric Oxide Biology and Chemistry. Ignarro holds a B.S. in pharmacy, Columbia University, 1962, and a Ph.D. in pharmacology, University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, 1966. He also received a postdoctoral fellowship in chemical pharmacology from National Institutes of Health in 1968. He is a member of the scientific committee of Nicox, a French pharmaceutical company, a member of the Board of Directors of Antibe Therapeutics, a Canadian drug discovery company, a member of the Board of Directors of Operation USA, a non-profit organization, and a member of the Nutritional Advisory Board for Herbalife, a nutrition and weight-management company. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1998/summary/> date birth: 1941 usual name: Louis Ignarro
