# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-julius
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:48:16.266Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/david-julius"
name: "David Julius"
slug: "david-julius"
description: "David Jay Julius is an American physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate known for his work on molecular mechanisms of pain sensation and heat, including the characterization of the TRPV1 and TRPM8 receptors that detect capsaicin, menthol, and temperature. He is a professor at the University of California, San Francisco."
tagline: "American physiologist and Nobel laureate 2021"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1955-11-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump