MacKinnon, Roderick
Born: Feb 19, 1956 AD
Currently alive, at 57 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Biochemist, Physicists, Scientist
Currently alive, at 57 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Biochemist, Physicists, Scientist
1956 - Roderick MacKinnon, born on the 19th of February in Burlington, Massachusetts. He is a professor of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics at Rockefeller University.
1978 - Received his BS Biochemistry, in Brandeis University.
1982 - Entered medical school at Tufts University. He got his M.D. and received training in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.
1986 - He returned to Christopher Miller at Brandeis for postdoctoral studies.
1989 - Appointed assistant professor at Harvard University where he studied the interaction of the potassium channel with a specific toxin derived from scorpion venom, acquainting himself with methods of protein purification and X-ray crystallography.
1996 - Moved to Rockefeller University as a professor and head of the Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics where he started to work on the structure of the potassium channel.
1998 - Despite a barrier to the structural study of integral membrane proteins that had thwarted most attempts for decades, he and colleagues unlocked the three-dimensional molecular structure of a potassium channel from bacteria with X-ray crystallography.
1999 - Shared the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research with Clay Armstrong and Bertil Hille - one of most distinguished honor for outstanding contributions to basic and clinical medical research.
2000 - Elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and has received numerous other awards for his research.
- Given the Rosentiel Award.
2001 - Given the Gairdner Foundation International Award.
2003 - Won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Peter Agre for his work on the structure and operation of ion channels.
1978 - Received his BS Biochemistry, in Brandeis University.
1982 - Entered medical school at Tufts University. He got his M.D. and received training in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.
1986 - He returned to Christopher Miller at Brandeis for postdoctoral studies.
1989 - Appointed assistant professor at Harvard University where he studied the interaction of the potassium channel with a specific toxin derived from scorpion venom, acquainting himself with methods of protein purification and X-ray crystallography.
1996 - Moved to Rockefeller University as a professor and head of the Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics where he started to work on the structure of the potassium channel.
1998 - Despite a barrier to the structural study of integral membrane proteins that had thwarted most attempts for decades, he and colleagues unlocked the three-dimensional molecular structure of a potassium channel from bacteria with X-ray crystallography.
1999 - Shared the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research with Clay Armstrong and Bertil Hille - one of most distinguished honor for outstanding contributions to basic and clinical medical research.
2000 - Elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and has received numerous other awards for his research.
- Given the Rosentiel Award.
2001 - Given the Gairdner Foundation International Award.
2003 - Won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Peter Agre for his work on the structure and operation of ion channels.
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