10 Facts About Brian Kobilka

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Brian Kobilka is currently a professor in the department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University School of Medicine.

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Brian Kobilka is a co-founder of ConfometRx, a biotechnology company focusing on G protein-coupled receptors.

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3.

Brian Kobilka was named a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2011.

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4.

Brian Kobilka attended St Mary's Grade School in Little Falls, Minnesota, a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud.

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5.

Brian Kobilka worked in research as a postdoctoral fellow under Robert Lefkowitz at Duke University, where he started work on cloning the ß2-adrenergic receptor.

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6.

Brian Kobilka was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator from 1987 to 2003.

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Brian Kobilka is best known for his research on the structure and activity of G protein-coupled receptors ; in particular, work from Brian Kobilka's laboratory determined the molecular structure of the ß2-adrenergic receptor.

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8.

Brian Kobilka received the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Lefkowitz for his work on G protein-coupled receptors.

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In 2017, Brian Kobilka received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.

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10.

Brian Kobilka met his wife Tong Sun Thian, a Malaysian-Chinese woman, at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

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