It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental science.
About Peter Agre
Peter Agreis 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 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.
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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.
American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Johns Hopkins introduced me to two defining events in my life: commitment to biomedical research and meeting my future wife, Mary.
American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Following my junior year in high school, I went on a camping trip through Russia in a group led by Horst Momber, a young language teacher from Roosevelt.
American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry
My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom’s cousins, and as members of our local Boy Scout troop.
American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry
We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible.
American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The long, cold Minnesota winters instilled in me a fascination for exotic far off places; I aspired toward a career in tropical diseases and world health problems.
American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Department of Cell Biology at Johns Hopkins was founded and directed by Tom Pollard, an engaging young scientist with remarkable energy and enthusiasm.
American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Our lab had always refrained from keeping our studies secret.
American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry
My goal was to develop into an independent research scientist studying clinical problems at the laboratory bench, but I felt that postgraduate residency training in internal medicine was necessary.
American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry
It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental science.
American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry