Peter Agre
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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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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 2009In their own words 1
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.
Peter Agre's speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 2003
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Luis Federico LeloirAlso won honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-II
Samuel C. C. TingAlso won Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences
Harvey J. AlterAlso won Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award
Lawrence KleinAlso won doctor honoris causa of Keiō University
William WestmorelandAlso won Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
Joseph L. GoldsteinAlso won George M. Kober MedalAbout this person
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. 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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