Peter Agre

American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1949 · age 77

Peter Agre is a Nobel Laureate American physician, molecular biologist, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.

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2016George M. Kober MedalAward2009Honorary Doctorate from University of Bordeaux-IIAward2005Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward2003“Our single greatest defense against scientific ignorance is education, and early in the life of every scientist, the child's first interest was sparked by a teacher.”In their words10 December 2003Peter Agre's speech at the Nobel BanquetRead the whole statement

Nobel Prize in ChemistryAward1949Born30 January 1949

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Pedro Cuatrecasas Influenced Peter

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Peter Agre lecturing on malaria at the 61st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany

A Zambian villager holding his grandson whose life was saved by Dr. Philip Thuma. Afflicted with cerebral malaria, the child was near death but was left with permanent blindness.

Plaque commemorating the collaboration of Cuban scientist Carlos Finlay and Johns Hopkins scientist Jesse Lazear in the Cuban Academy of Sciences by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Advisory Board visit to Havana in February 2015

Peter Agre in 2009 presenting his Johns Hopkins necktie to the Vice President of the DPRK State Academy of Science. The tie worn by Agre during his 2003 Nobel lecture in Stockholm is to be presented to the first DPRK scientist who wins a Nobel Prize.

Peter Agre visiting the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology in 2009

Awards

George M. Kober Medal2016

Honorary Doctorate from University of Bordeaux-II2009

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2005

Nobel Prize in Chemistry2003

Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences

Doctor Honoris Causa of Keiō University

Honorary Doctorate of the National University of San Marcos

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Distinguished Eagle Scout Award

Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award

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In 2003, Agre and Roderick MacKinnon shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes." Agre was recognized for his discovery of aquaporin water channels. 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 (AAAS) and became active in science diplomacy.

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