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Peter Agre (/ ˈ ɑː ɡ r iː /; born January 30, 1949) is an American physician, Nobel Laureate, and 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
Agre's research has focused upon molecular aspects of human diseases, including hemolytic anemias, blood group antigens, and malaria. Agre received the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovery of the aquaporin water channels.
Peter Agre. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003. Born: 30 January 1949, Northfield, MN, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Prize motivation: “for the discovery of water channels”. Prize share: 1/2.
Peter Agre, M.D., received the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of what he called the aquaporin proteins, which form the channels that enable water to flow in and out of cells. Agre shares the award with Roderick MacKinnon of Rockefeller University.
Biographical. Ancestral origins. In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United States for settlement. The Homestead Act offered new arrivals from other countries the opportunity to stake and develop farms of 160 acres by simply working the land for five years.
Apr 26, 2024 · Peter Agre (born January 30, 1949, Northfield, Minnesota, U.S.) is an American doctor, corecipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2003 for his discovery of water channels in cell membranes. He shared the award with Roderick MacKinnon, also of the United States.
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Peter Agre shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of aquaporin water channels. As director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI), Agre oversees scientific training and research efforts of 20 laboratories in Baltimore as well as field studies in Zambia and Zimbabwe.
