Birthdate: January 30, 1949
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Peter Agre is an American physician, Nobel Laureate, and molecular biologist renowned for his discovery of aquaporin water channels. These proteins transport water molecules through cell membranes. He is currently the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and serves as the director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute. Agre, who shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on cell membrane channels, was subsequently elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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