Aaron Ciechanover

Aaron Ciechanover

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

“for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation”

Aaron Ciechanover is an Israeli biochemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004 for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation, a prize he shared with Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose. At the time of the award, he was affiliated with the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Field
Chemistry · Biochemistry
Lifespan
1947–