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Peter Agre, a Common card
Peter Courtland Agre is a Nobel Laureate American physician, 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.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 79
- Power
- 152
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 152 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Peter Agre quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Peter Agre card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Aquaporins are water-channel proteins that move water ______ through the cell membrane.
Answer
molecules. Aquaporins are water-channel proteins that move water molecules through the cell membrane. From the Peter Agre article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, Agre was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and became active in science diplomacy.
Answer
2000s. In 2009, Agre was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and became active in science diplomacy. From the Peter Agre article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of members of the National Assembly (South Korea), 2020–2024. List of members of the National Assembly (South Korea), 2020–2024 88 · Department for International Development 76 · Peter Agre 73 · Daniel Auber 69 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In 2003, Agre and Roderick MacKinnon shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes." Agre was recognized for his discovery of aquaporin water channels.
- Aquaporins are water-channel proteins that move water molecules through the cell membrane.
- In 2009, Agre was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and became active in science diplomacy.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Peter Agre article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 79: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Peter Agre (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nobel Media, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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