Avram Hershko | |
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Born | Herskó Ferenc Ábrahám December 31, 1937 |
Nationality |
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Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Known for | Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
Spouse |
Judith Leibowitz (m. 1963) |
Children | 3 |
Awards | Weizmann Prize (1987) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2004) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | Technion, Haifa |
Avram Hershko (Hebrew: אברהם הרשקו, romanized: Avraham Hershko, Hungarian: Herskó Ferenc Ábrahám;[1] born December 31, 1937) is a Hungarian-Israeli biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004.