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David Julius

1955 - Today

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David Jay Julius (born November 4, 1955) is an American physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate known for his work on molecular mechanisms of pain sensation and heat, including the characterization of the TRPV1 and TRPM8 receptors that detect capsaicin, menthol, and temperature. He is a professor at the University of California, San Francisco. Julius won the 2010 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine and the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Julius has received more than 286,456 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. David Julius is the 250th most popular biologist, the 2,603rd most popular biography from United States and the 51st most popular American Biologist.

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  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, David Julius ranks 250 out of 841. Before him are Michał Boym, Félix d'Herelle, Johann Baptist von Spix, George Shaw, Carl Correns, and Rupert Sheldrake. After him are August Grisebach, David Bruce, Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, James Edward Smith, and Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, David Julius ranks 95. Before him are Mariya Takeuchi, Ron Johnson, Hans-Peter Briegel, Zbigniew Preisner, Debra Winger, and Valdis Zatlers. After him are Jeff Daniels, Billy Milligan, Asif Ali Zardari, Anton Corbijn, Brigitte Lahaie, and Sirindhorn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Julius ranks 2,603 out of 18,182. Before him are Alice Walton (1949), Robert H. Jackson (1892), Cyrus Vance (1917), Barry Manilow (1943), Paris Hilton (1981), and Tommy Bolin (1951). After him are Harlan Coben (1962), Thomas P. Stafford (1930), Pat Metheny (1954), Lorraine Bracco (1954), Asa Akira (1986), and Danny Kaye (1911).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, David Julius ranks 51. Before him are Michael W. Young (1949), Bruce Beutler (1957), H. Robert Horvitz (1947), Craig Venter (1946), James Dwight Dana (1813), and Martin Chalfie (1947). After him are Wilder Penfield (1891), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), Carol W. Greider (1961), Joel Asaph Allen (1838), Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), and Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903).

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