Avram Hershko

Avram Hershko
אברהם הרשקו
Hershko in 1994
Born
Herskó Ferenc Ábrahám

(1937-12-31) 31 December 1937
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
Known forUbiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Spouse
Judith Leibowitz
(m. 1963)
Children3
AwardsWeizmann Prize (1987)
Wolf Prize in Medicine (2001)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsTechnion, Haifa

Avram Hershko (Hebrew: אברהם הרשקו, romanizedAvraham Hershko, Hungarian: Herskó Ferenc Ábrahám; born December 31, 1937) is a Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004.