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Krzysztof Palczewski
born 1957
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryKrzysztof Palczewski, a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences, is a Polish-born American biochemist and pharmacologist serving as a Donald Bren Professor and Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Irvine. He holds the Irving H. Leopold Chair of Ophthalmology and is the founding Director of the Brunson Center for Translational Vision Research at the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
June 24, 1957
Syców
Citizenship
Poland
Occupations & fields
pharmacologistbiochemistscientistuniversity teacher
Awards & honours
Prize of the Foundation for Polish ScienceMember of the Order of Merit of the Republic of PolandMarie Curie Medal
- Field and occupation
- polsko-americký biochemik a farmakolog, profesor na University of California, Irvine (USA), specialista na oblast fototransdukce, vizuální cyklus a výzkum rodopsinu
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