Michael Stuart Brown
Michael Stuart Brown (born April 13, 1941 in Brooklyn , New York , USA ) is an American geneticist and Nobel Prize winner.
life and work
Brown studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (MD degree in 1966). From 1971 he did research in a gastroenterological department at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (then UT Health Center, Dallas), where he researched cholesterol metabolism from 1972 in close connection with Goldstein. In particular, they discovered the important role of the LDL receptors. Their discoveries led to the development of statins (lipid-lowering drugs).
Brown is a Professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ( WA (Monty) Moncrief Distinguished Chair in Cholesterol and Arteriosclerosis Research ).
Awards and honors
In 1976 he received the Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry , and in 1979 the Richard Lounsbery Award . In 1981 he received the Gairdner Foundation International Award and was admitted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , to the National Academy of Sciences in 1980 and to the American Philosophical Society in 1987 . In 1984 he and Goldstein received the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University.
In 1985 he and Joseph L. Goldstein received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries relating to the regulation of cholesterol metabolism”, as well as the William Allan Award and the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research .
In 1987 he gave the Keith R. Porter Lecture . In 1988 he received the National Medal of Science , in 1999 the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize , in 2002 the George M. Kober Medal , in 2010 the Anitschkow Prize of the European Atherosclerosis Society and in 2016 the Rolf Luft Award .
literature
- Gisela Baumgart: Brown, Michael Stuart. In: Werner E. Gerabek u. a. (Ed.): Encyclopedia of medical history. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 212 f.
Web links
- Information from the Nobel Foundation on the 1985 award ceremony for Michael Student Brown
- Michael S. Brown - Biographical. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 19 Apr 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: Michael S. Brown. American Philosophical Society, accessed May 21, 2018 (with a short biography).
- ↑ for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism , Nobel Prize laudation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brown, Michael Stuart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geneticist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York , USA |