Martin Rodbell's Birth Card: The 4 of Diamonds

In the record

Martin Rodbell (December 1, 1925 – December 7, 1998) was an American biochemist and molecular endocrinologist who is best known for his discovery of G-proteins. The birth-card coordinate for December 1 is the 4 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1994 Physiology or Medicine prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1994 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells

The 4 of Diamonds coordinate

Martin Rodbell's birthday maps to the 4 of Diamonds (The Financial Foundation Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Martin Rodbell. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it.

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Martin Rodbell in the public record

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." Rodbell was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Shirley (née Abrams) and Milton Rodbell, a grocer. His family was Jewish. 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 Margot Frank, diarist Anne Frank's older sister.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Martin Rodbell (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 5 of Spades

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He shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Alfred G.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: medicine.

Also on the record

1. Martin and Barbara had four children.
2. Rodbell received his Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of Washington in 1954.
3. He did post-doctoral work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1954 to 1956.
4. 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.

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• Frank Wilczek — 2004 Physics
• Frédéric Joliot — 1935 Chemistry
• Georges J.F. Köhler — 1984 Physiology or Medicine
• Gertrude B. Elion — 1988 Physiology or Medicine
• Henrik Dam — 1943 Physiology or Medicine
• Hideki Yukawa — 1949 Physics
• 22 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Martin Rodbell's birth card?

The 4 of Diamonds. December 1 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?

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Where do Martin Rodbell's dates come from?

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