What is Robert Lefkowitz?
{{BLP unsourced|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox scientist | birth_name = Robert Joseph Lefkowitz | image = Robert Lefkowitz 2 2012.jpg | image_size = 180px | caption = Robert Lefkowitz in Stockholm 2012 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1943|04|15}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York]], U.S. | nationality = United States | field = Receptor Biology<br>[[Biochemistry]] | workplaces = [[Duke University]]<br> [[Howard Hughes Medical Institute]] | alma_mater = [[Columbia University]] | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = [[G protein coupled receptors]]<br>beta-[[arrestins]] | prizes = [[National Medal of Science]] (2007)<br>[[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]] (2009)<br> '''[[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]''' (2012) | spouse = Arna Brandel (divorced)<br>{{Marriage|Lynn Tilley|1991}} }} '''Robert Joseph Lefkowitz''' (born April 15, 1943) is an American [[physician]] (internist and cardiologist) and [[biochemist]]. He is best known for his work with [[G protein-coupled receptor]]s, for which he was awarded the 2012 [[Nobel Prize for Chemistry]] with [[Brian Kobilka]]. He is currently an Investigator with the [[Howard Hughes Medical Institute]] as well as a James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry at [[Duke University]]. {{Nobel Prize in Chemistry}} {{Nobelprize|Chemistry}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lefkowitz, Robert}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:American biochemists]] [[Category:American physicians]] [[Category:Jewish American scientists]] [[Category:Columbia University alumni]] [[Category:Scientists from New York City]] [[Category:Living people]] {{bio-stub}}