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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Chemistry (180) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 2010s (106) 2012 (10) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1950s (44) 1955 (6) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Midwestern states (70) Minnesota (6) Little Falls (1) 18. Living Winners 18. Living Winners Alive (292) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) B (24) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) K (52) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name A-D (94) B (9) Brian (3) 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) Stanford (22) Stanford University (22) School of Medicine (3) 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) Missouri (24) St. Louis (24) Washington University (24) Short-term academic staff (9) Northeastern states (374) Connecticut (61) New Haven (61) Yale University (61) Alumni (21) Southeastern states (38) North Carolina (18) Durham (13) Duke University (13) Short-term academic staff (8) Western states (262) California (253) Stanford (83) Stanford University (83) Long-term academic staff (46) 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) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards I-J (268) J (208) John J. Abel Award (3) M-N (333) M (172) Mendel Medal (4) Q-Z (398) T (64) The Louis and Artur Lucian Award in Cardiovascular Diseases (3) complete name: Brian Kobilka nobel prize: chemistry award year: 2012 together with: Robert Lefkowitz prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka "for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Brian family name: Kobilka occupation: physicist occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher occupation: physiologist occupation: biochemist field of work: crystallography work location: Duke University, 103 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC, 27708, United States of America description: Brian Kobilka is an American physiologist and a recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Lefkowitz for discoveries that reveal the inner workings of an important family 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 the 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. image copyright: © The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2012/summary/> date birth: 1955 usual name: Brian Kobilka