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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2004 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Nobel Prize for discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes; for the discovery of water channels
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Peter Agre is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine with particular attention to Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Modeling and Simulation, Epidemiology, Parasitology, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Emergency and Acute Care Studies
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

Notable recent papers by Peter Agre are:

  • "Oscillations in U.S. COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality Data Reflect Diagnostic and Reporting Factors," 2020, mSystems
  • "Scientific Findings of the Southern and Central Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research: Ten Years of Malaria Control Impact Assessments in Hypo-, Meso-, and Holoendemic Transmission Zones in Zambia and Zimbabwe," 2022, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • "Policy Implications of the Southern and Central Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research: Ten Years of Malaria Control Impact Assessments in Hypo-, Meso-, and Holoendemic Transmission Zones in Zambia and Zimbabwe," 2022, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • "Human Plasmodium vivax mosquito experimental transmission," 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "Functional Analysis of Aquaporin-1 Deficient Red Cells: THE COLTON-NULL PHENOTYPE," 2021, UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Peter Agre include:

  • Aviv Bergman
  • Yehonatan Sella
  • Arturo Casadevall
  • Matthew M. Ippolito
  • Mary E. Gebhardt

Peter Agre's publications have appeared in a variety of venues with multiple contributions particularly to:

  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • mSystems
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist has received several recognitions throughout their career, including:

  • Member of the Royal Irish Academy, 2011
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2005
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences, 2004
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003
  • Nobel Prize, 2003, for discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes; for the discovery of water channels
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2000

Best Publications

  • Appearance of water channels in Xenopus oocytes expressing red cell CHIP28 protein.

    Gregory M. Preston;Tiziana Piazza Carroll;William B. Guggino;Peter Agre

  • Structural determinants of water permeation through aquaporin-1.

    K Murata;K Mitsuoka;T Hirai;T Walz

  • Aquaporins in the Kidney: From Molecules to Medicine

    Søren Nielsen;Jørgen Frøkiær;David Marples;Tae Hwan Kwon

  • SPECIALIZED MEMBRANE DOMAINS FOR WATER TRANSPORT IN GLIAL CELLS : HIGH-RESOLUTION IMMUNOGOLD CYTOCHEMISTRY OF AQUAPORIN-4 IN RAT BRAIN

    Søren Nielsen;Erlend Arnulf Nagelhus;Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam;Charles Bourque

  • Aquaporin water channels – from atomic structure to clinical medicine

    Peter Agre;Landon S. King;Masato Yasui;Wm B. Guggino

  • Isolation of the cDNA for erythrocyte integral membrane protein of 28 kilodaltons: member of an ancient channel family.

    Gregory M. Preston;Peter Agre

  • From structure to disease: the evolving tale of aquaporin biology

    Landon S. King;David Kozono;Peter Agre

  • Cellular and molecular biology of the aquaporin water channels.

    Mario Borgnia;Søren Nielsen;Andreas Engel;Peter Agre

  • Aquaporin CHIP: the archetypal molecular water channel

    P. Agre;G. M. Preston;B. L. Smith;Jin Sup Jung

  • Identification, purification, and partial characterization of a novel Mr 28,000 integral membrane protein from erythrocytes and renal tubules.

    B M Denker;B L Smith;F P Kuhajda;P Agre

  • Molecular characterization of an aquaporin cDNA from brain: candidate osmoreceptor and regulator of water balance

    Jin Sup Jung;Ratan V. Bhat;Gregory M. Preston;William B. Guggino

  • Distribution of the aquaporin CHIP in secretory and resorptive epithelia and capillary endothelia

    Soren Nielsen;Barbara L. Smith;Erik Ilso Christensen;Peter Agre

  • Molecular structure of the water channel through aquaporin CHIP. The hourglass model.

    Jin Sup Jung;G. M. Preston;B. L. Smith;W. B. Guggino

  • Direct immunogold labeling of aquaporin-4 in square arrays of astrocyte and ependymocyte plasma membranes in rat brain and spinal cord

    J E Rash;T Yasumura;C S Hudson;P Agre

  • Reconstitution of functional water channels in liposomes containing purified red cell CHIP28 protein.

    Mark L. Zeidel;Suresh V. Ambudkar;Barbara L. Smith;Peter Agre

  • Aquaporin water channels (Nobel Lecture).

    Peter Agre

  • The mercury-sensitive residue at cysteine 189 in the CHIP28 water channel.

    G. M. Preston;Jin Sup Jung;W. B. Guggino;P. Agre

  • Aquaporin water channels: molecular mechanisms for human diseases1

    Peter Agre;David Kozono

  • Pathophysiology of the aquaporin water channels

    Landon S. King;Peter Agre

  • Aquaporin water channels: from atomic structure to clinical medicine

    Peter Agre

Frequent Co-Authors

Søren Nielsen
Søren Nielsen Aalborg University
Andreas Engel
Andreas Engel University of Basel
William B. Guggino
William B. Guggino Johns Hopkins University
Ole Petter Ottersen
Ole Petter Ottersen University of Oslo
Thomas Walz
Thomas Walz Rockefeller University
Tae-Hwan Kwon
Tae-Hwan Kwon Kyungpook National University
Mark A. Knepper
Mark A. Knepper National Institutes of Health
Mark L. Zeidel
Mark L. Zeidel Harvard Medical School
Yoshinori Fujiyoshi
Yoshinori Fujiyoshi Nagoya University
Erlend A. Nagelhus
Erlend A. Nagelhus University of Oslo

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