The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012: Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka "for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors"

Brian K. Kobilka

Born: 1955, Little Falls, MN, USA

Robert J. Lefkowitz

Born: 1943, New York, NY, USA

Information and picture collected from Official Website for Nobel Prize

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http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2012/

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