Honorary Academician
Experimental Sciences: Doctor in Chemistry
Date of admission: December 20, 2016
Reply speech: Dr. Rafael Blesa González
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004: He received the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the functions of ubiquitins, a system used by the body’s cells to eliminate waste through the recycling of their proteins.
Dr. AARON J. CIECHANOVER
- Born in Haifa, 1947.
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004. Co-discoverer of the ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation system, essential for the regulation of cellular processes (with A. Hershko and I. Rose).
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem: M.Sc. in Medical Sciences, summa cum laude (1970); M.D. (1974).
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology: D.Sc., Faculty of Medicine (1981).
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Professor and researcher at the Technion (since 1977): Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor and Full Professor (1992–); Distinguished Research Professor (since 2002).
- Director of the Rappaport Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Technion (1993–2000).
- Visiting appointments: MIT, Harvard Medical School, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Karolinska Institutet, Northwestern University, Kyoto University, Rockefeller University, among others.
- Member of EMBO, National Academy of Sciences (USA), National Academy of Medicine, Pontifical Academy of Sciences (Vatican City), American Academy of Arts & Sciences, European Academy of Sciences and Arts and European Academy of Sciences.
- Holds honorary doctorates from the Tel Aviv University; Ben-Gurion University; Washington University in St. Louis; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Weizmann Institute of Science; UNSW Sydney; among others.
AWARDS AND HONOURS
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2004).
- Albert & Mary Lasker Award in Basic Medical Research (2000).
- Israel Prize in Biology (2003).
- EMET Prize (2002).
- Sir Hans Krebs Medal (FEBS) (2006).
- Honorary citizen of Haifa, Montevideo, Lima, Quito and Manila.
PUBLICATIONS
- Author of over 120 papers in leading journals (Cell, Nature, PNAS, JBC, among others). A selection is available on institutional profiles.
