Bithcheimici a saolaiodh i mBurlington, Massachusetts , ar 19 Feabhra 1956 is ea Roderick MacKinnon . I 2003 bhuaigh se Duais Nobel sa cheimic le Peter Agre as a shaothar taighde ar chillscannain, agus na caineil iontu i gcomhair iompar na n-ian triothu a leiriu don chead uair. [1]