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Birnbaumer, Lutz |
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Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina |
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Physiology and Pharmacology |
 Election Citation
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Birnbaumer's contributions are seminal to the understanding of hormone action and membrane signal transduction. Foremost are the co-discoveries of GTP-dependent signal transduction, which is used by over 100 distinct receptors (with Martin Rodbell in 1971), and G protein-regulated ion channels, which exposed an important aspect of modulation of cellular excitability. |
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Research Interests
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At present Birnbaumer is studying molecular mechanisms that regulate intracellular calcium levels and in collaboration with others the physio-pathological roles of TRPC channels using genetically modified mice he created at UCLA and at the NIEHS as research tools. |
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