Laureate

Aaron Ciechanover

Born 1947 · Israel · Male

Awards

  1. 2000

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

    Biology

    For the discovery and recognition of the broad significance of the ubiquitin system of regulated protein degradation, a fundamental process that influences vital cellular events, including the cell cycle, malignant transformation, and responses to inflammation and immunity.

  2. 2004

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry

    Chemistry

    for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation