Aharon Razin
Aharon Razin (born April 6, 1935 in Tel Aviv - † May 26, 2019 ) was an Israeli biochemist and molecular biologist and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . Razin was able to gain fundamental knowledge about the role of DNA methylation in gene regulation .
Life
Razin earned a Masters in Biochemistry (minor in Microbiology ) in 1962 and a Ph.D. with Yaakov Mager , both at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . As a postdoctoral fellow he worked with Robert Sinsheimer .
Razin also spent his other academic career at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He became a Lecturer in 1967, Senior Lecturer in 1971, Associate Professor in 1976 and Full Professor in 1982.
In 1969/1970 Razin did a research stay at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California , in 1971 with Frederick Sanger at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and in 1977/1978 at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte , California.
In 2003 Razin retired . From 2013 Thomson Reuters counted him among the favorites for a Nobel Prize ( Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates ) due to the number of his citations . He died in May 2019 at the age of 84.
Awards (selection)
- 1995 Membership in the Human Genome Organization (HUGO)
- 1996 Membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- 2004 Israel Prize for Biochemistry
- 2008 Wolf Prize in Medicine (together with Howard Cedar )
- 2008 membership in the Israel Academy of Sciences
- 2009 EMET Prize (together with Howard Cedar )
- 2011 Canada Gairdner International Award
- 2016 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
Web links
- Aharon Razin (English) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (huji.ac.il); Retrieved March 5, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2013 Predictions at Thomson Reuters (sciencewatch.com); Retrieved September 25, 2013
- ^ Notice of death accessed on May 27, 2019
- ↑ Aharon Razin (1) and (2) at education.gov.il (Hebrew); Retrieved March 4, 2011
- ^ The 2008 Wolf Foundation Prize in Medicine at wolffund.org.il (English); Retrieved August 7, 2012
- ↑ Prof. Aharon Razin ( memento from July 17, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (English) at the Israel Academy of Sciences (academy.ac.il); Retrieved March 5, 2011
- ↑ Aharon Razin, Ph.D. at the Gairdner Foundation (gairdner.org); Retrieved August 7, 2012
- ^ Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Razin, Aharon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli biochemist and molecular biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tel Aviv |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 2019 |