What is Brian Kobilka?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Brian Kobilka | image = Brian Kobilka (649437151).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Brian Kent Kobilka | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|05|30}} | birth_place = [[Little Falls, Minnesota]], United States | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | nationality = [[Americans|American]] | fields = [[Crystallography]] | workplaces = [[Stanford University]], [[Duke University]] | alma_mater = [[University of Minnesota Duluth]], [[Yale University]], [[Washington University School of Medicine]] | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = [[Robert Lefkowitz]] | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | awards = '''[[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]''' (2012) }} '''Brian Kent Kobilka''' (born May 30, 1955) is an American physiologist. He is best known for his work with G protein-coupled receptors, for which he was awarded the 2012 [[Nobel Prize for Chemistry]] with [[Robert Lefkowitz]].He is currently a professor in the department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He was named a member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]] in 2011. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.med.tsinghua.edu.cn/view.asp?id=1880|title=清华大学医学院|date=2012-12-16|website=archive.fo|access-date=2019-08-10|archive-date=2012-12-16|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216050006/http://www.med.tsinghua.edu.cn/view.asp?id=1880|url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20121023.htm|title=CNS NEWS BRIEFS Oct-23-2012|date=2013-02-15|website=archive.fo|access-date=2019-08-10|archive-date=2013-02-15|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215164324/http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20121023.htm|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> == References == <references /> ==Other websites== * [http://med.stanford.edu/kobilkalab/ Kobilka laboratory home page] * [http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Brian_Kobilka/ Brian Kobilka academic profile] {{Webarchiv