Brian Kobilka

Brian Kobilka
Born	Brian Kent Kobilka (1955-05-30) May 30, 1955 (age 68) Little Falls, Minnesota, United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Minnesota Duluth (BS) Yale University (MD)
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2012)
Scientific career
Fields	Crystallography
Institutions	Stanford University, Duke University
Academic advisors	Robert Lefkowitz

Brian Kent Kobilka (born May 30, 1955)^[1] is an American physiologist and a recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Lefkowitz for discoveries that reveal the workings of G protein-coupled receptors. He is currently a professor in the department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is also a co-founder of ConfometRx, a biotechnology company focusing on G protein-coupled receptors. He was named a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2011.