Nahum Sonenberg
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| Born | December 29, 1946 The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre McGill University |
Nahum Sonenberg, , the rate-limiting component of the eukaryotic translation apparatus.
Education
Sonenberg was born in a
camp for displaced persons in Wetzlar, Germany[3] and grew up in Israel. He received a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in microbiology and immunology from Tel Aviv University and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1976.[4] He later held a Chaim Weizmann postdoctoral fellowship at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology.[5] He joined McGill University in 1979.[6]
Research
Sonenberg's primary research has been on the translational control of
Gairdner Foundation International Award in 2008 for his contributions to medical science.[9] He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2010.[10]
In 2014, Sonenberg was awarded the Wolf Prize in Medicine.[11]
Awards and recognition
- Recipient of the National Cancer Institute of Canada in 2002[12]
- Recipient of the Isaak-Walton-Killam Award for Health Sciences in 2005[12]
- Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006 [13]
- Recipient of the Gairdner Foundation International Award in 2008[12]
- Appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2010[12]
- Recipient of the Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award in 2011[12]
- Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012[12]
- Recipient of the Royal Society of Canada McLaughlin Medal in 2013[12]
- Recipient of the Wolf Prize in 2014[12]
- Elected Foreign Associate, US National Academy of Sciencesin 2015
References
- ^ "James McGill Professor" – McGill University (Retrieved on Dec 10, 2013)
- ^ "Our Scientists" Archived 2017-09-22 at the Wayback Machine – HHMI (Retrieved on Dec 10, 2013)
- ^ Canadian Who's Who Search. Grey House Publishing Canada.
- ^ "Science.ca : Nahum Sonenberg".
- ^ "Nahum Sonenberg, PhD | HHMI.org". Archived from the original on 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
- PMID 28784780.
- ^ "Prof Nahum Sonenberg" Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine – The Wolf Foundation (Retrieved on Jan 19, 2013)
- ^ "Research" – Research (Retrieved on Jan 19, 2013)
- ^ "Nahum Sonenberg PhD" – The Gairdner Foundation (Retrieved on Dec 10, 2013)
- ^ Governor General announces 74 new appointments to the Order of Canada
- ^ Israeli-Canadian scientist wins Wolf Prize for medicine, Haaretz
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Nahum Sonenberg awarded prestigious Wolf Prize".
- ^ "Fellows". Royal Society. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
