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ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Prof. Aaron Ciechanover is best known for his pioneering studies in the field of biochemistry, regarding ubiquitin‐directed protein degradation. He is the recipient of numerous awards, most notably the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004 for discoveries concerning the cascade of the ubiquitin pathway.
He is currently a Technion Distinguished Research Professor in the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute at the Technion, in Haifa, Israel. He is a member of multiple American and foreign academies of science, including the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), and the Institute of Medicine, National Academies of the USA.