David Julius
American physiologist and Nobel laureate 2021 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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David Jay Julius (born November 4, 1955) is an American physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate known for his work on molecular mechanisms of pain sensation and heat, including the characterization of the TRPV1 and TRPM8 receptors that detect capsaicin, menthol, and temperature. He is a professor at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Born | (1955-11-04) November 4, 1955 (age 68) New York City, U.S. |
Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) University of California, Berkeley (MS, PhD) Columbia University (post-doctoral training) |
Spouse | Holly Ingraham |
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Fields | Physiology Biochemistry Neuroscience |
Institutions | University of California, San Francisco |
Thesis | Protein processing and secretion in yeast: biosynthesis of α-factor mating pheromone (1984) |
Doctoral advisor | Jeremy Thorner Randy Schekman |
Other academic advisors | Richard Axel[1] Alexander Rich |
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Julius won the 2010 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine and the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.[2][3] He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Ardem Patapoutian.[4]