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Alexander Varshavsky

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Alexander Varshavsky
Born
Alexander Jacob Varshavsky

(1946-11-08) November 8, 1946 (age 79)
Occupationbiochemist
Known forN-end rule of ubiquitination

Alexander Jacob Varshavsky (Russian: Александр Яковлевич Варшавский; born November 8, 1946) is a Russian-American biochemist, noted for his discovery of the N-end rule of ubiquitination. A native of Moscow,[1] he is currently researching at Caltech.

In 2005 he was elected a foreign member of the Academia Europaea.[2]

In 2014 he was awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his work.[3]

YearPrize
1999Gairdner Foundation International Award
2000Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
2001Wolf Prize in Medicine
2001Massry Prize
2001Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
2006March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
2007Gotham Prize
2010 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science
2011BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
2012King Faisal International Prize
2012Otto Warburg Medal
2014Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
2014Albany Medical Center Prize

References

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  1. Who's who in the West: A Biographical Dictionary of Noteworthy Men and Women of the Pacific Coast and the Western States. 2001. ISBN 9780837909325.
  2. "Alexander Varshavsky". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019.
  3. "Laureates: 2014". Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2014.

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