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Aaron Ciechanover

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Aaron Ciechanover ( AH-hə-ROHN chee-HAH-noh-vair; Hebrew: אהרן צ'חנובר; born October 1, 1947) is an Israeli biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for characterizing the method that cells use to degrade and recycle proteins using ubiquitin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aaron Ciechanover is the 95th most popular biologist (down from 90th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Israel (up from 100th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Israeli Biologist. Learn more about Aaron Ciechanover's academic impact at Rankless.

Aaron Ciechanover is most famous for his work in the field of protein engineering. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004, along with Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose, for his work in the study of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Aaron Ciechanover ranks 95 out of 1,097. Before him are Katherine Oppenheimer, Clair Cameron Patterson, Alfred Hershey, Ernst Mayr, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, and Philip Sclater. After him are Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Pierre André Latreille, Nikolai Vavilov, Erwin Neher, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, and Janaki Ammal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Aaron Ciechanover ranks 50. Before him are James Woods, Megawati Sukarnoputri, Stephen Collins, Gigliola Cinquetti, Bruno Latour, and Michio Kaku. After him are Jonathan Pryce, Rob Rensenbrink, Ron Dennis, Farrah Fawcett, Dick Advocaat, and Melanie.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Aaron Ciechanover ranks 89 out of 466. Before him are Unas (-2400), Yuval Noah Harari (1976), Manasseh (-709), Yochanan Vollach (1945), Pontius Pilate's wife (6), and Isaac Herzog (1960). After him are Ahaziah of Judah (-900), Micah (-737), Ezer Weizman (1924), Al-Maqdisi (945), Epiphanius of Salamis (315), and Isabella II of Jerusalem (1212).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Israel

Among biologists born in Israel, Aaron Ciechanover ranks 2. Before him are Ada Yonath (1939). After him are Ruth Arnon (1933), and Amotz Zahavi (1928).

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