Peter Agre

thumb|Peter Agre Peter Agre (born 30 January 1949) is an American physician, Nobel Laureate, and molecular biologist, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute. In 2003, Agre and Roderick MacKinnon shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes." Quotes The need for general scientific understanding by the public has never been larger, and the penalty for scientific illiteracy never harsher… Lack of scientific fundamentals causes people to make foolish decisions about issues such as the toxicity of chemicals, the efficacy of medicines, the changes in the global climate. Peter Agre's speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 2003 Our single greatest defense against scientific ignorance is education, and early in the life of every scientist, the child's first interest was sparked by a teacher. Peter Agre's speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 2003 External links Category:Academics from the United States Category:Biologists from the United States Category:Nobel laureates in Chemistry Category:Chemists from the United States Category:1949 births Category:Living people Category:People from Minnesota Category:Lutherans from the United States Category:Nobel laureates from the United States Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society Category:Johns Hopkins University alumni Category:Johns Hopkins University faculty Category:Duke University alumni