Peter Agre
Chemist, Academic
1949 –
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Who is Peter Agre?
Peter Agre is an American physician, professor, and molecular biologist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of aquaporins. Aquaporins are water-channel proteins that move water molecules through the cell membrane. In 2009, Agre was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is currently a professor at Johns Hopkins University.
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- Born
- Jan 30, 1949
Northfield - Also known as
- Dr. Peter Agre
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Mary Macgill
(1975/03/29 - )
- Mary Macgill
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
(1970 - ) - Bachelor's degree, Augsburg College
Chemistry
(1970 - ) - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
- Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
- Employment
- Johns Hopkins University
- Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Staff, Wellcome
- Lived in
- Northfield
- Berkeley
- Minnesota
- Cleveland Heights
- Chapel Hill
(1978/06 - )
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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