  martin rodbell (december 1, 1925http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1994/rodbell-autobio.html â december 7, 1998) was an american biochemist and molecular endocrinologist who is best known for his discovery of g-proteins. he shared the 1994 nobel prize in physiology or medicine with alfred g. gilman for "their discovery of g-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells." ==biography== rodbell was born in baltimore, maryland, the son of shirley (nÃ©e abrams) and milton rodbell, a grocer. his family was jewish.http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june96/rodbell2.html after graduating from the baltimore city college high school, he entered johns hopkins university in 1943, with interests in biology and french existential literature. in 1944, his studies were interrupted by his military service as a u.s. navy radio operator during world war ii. he returned to hopkins in 1946 and received his b.s. in biology in 1949. in 1950, he married barbara charlotte ledermann, a former friend of the legendary diarist anne frank, with whom he had four children. rodbell received his ph.d. in biochemistry at the university of washington in 1954. he did post-doctoral work at the university of illinois at urbana-champaign from 1954 to 1956. in 1956, rodbell accepted a position as a research biochemist at the national heart institute, part of the national institutes of health, in bethesda, maryland. in 1985, rodbell became scientific director of the nih's national institute of environmental health sciences in research triangle park, north carolina where he worked until his retirement in 1994. he died in chapel hill of multiple organ fa
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