Neuroscientist
Ardem Patapoutian
Lebanese American neuroscientist who found the touch receptors.
Ardem Patapoutian is a Lebanese-American molecular biologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel Prize laureate of Armenian descent. He is known for his work in characterizing the PIEZO1, PIEZO2, and TRPM8 receptors that detect pressure, menthol, and temperature. Patapoutian is a neuroscience professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California. In 2021, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with David Julius.
- Born
- 1967-10-02, Beirut, LebanonA Monday
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Virgo
- Nationality
- Armenia
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1967-10-02, Beirut, Lebanon · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Beirutthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 8°31′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 18°27′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 2°54′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 0°16′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 15°09′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 26°58′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 9°03′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Virgo | 25°41′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 22°29′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 21°06′ | Direct |
Ardem Patapoutian is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Ardem Patapoutian was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
