What is Avram Hershko?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Avram Hershko | birth_name = Herskó Ferenc | image = Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - Nobel Laureate Avram Hershko.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|12|31|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Karcag]], Hungary | nationality = [[Israel]] | field = [[Chemistry]] | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = [[ubiquitin]]-mediated [[protein degradation]] | influences = | influenced = | prizes = [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (2004) | spouse = {{Marriage|Judith Leibowitz|1963}} | children = 3 }} {{nobelprize|Chemistry}}'''Avram Hershko''' ({{lang-he|אברהם הרשקו}}; born 31 December 1937) is a [[Hungary|Hungarian]]-born [[Israel]]i [[biology|biochemist]] and [[Nobel laureate]] in [[Chemistry]]. Along with [[Aaron Ciechanover]] and [[Irwin Rose]], he was awarded the 2004 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] for the discovery of [[ubiquitin]]-mediated [[protein degradation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/burlington_county_times_news/nobel-prize-winner-s-discovery-helps-save-longtime-physician-friend/article_9ad53d9b-22f5-5fec-8956-92a7aae6a009.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913041804/http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/burlington_county_times_news/nobel-prize-winner-s-discovery-helps-save-longtime-physician-friend/article_9ad53d9b-22f5-5fec-8956-92a7aae6a009.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 13, 2012 |title=Nobel Prize winner's discovery helps save longtime physician friend |date=September 13, 2011 |first=Sally |last=Friedman |work=[[Burlington County Times]] |publisher=phillyBurbs.com |access-date=May 15, 2012 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hershko, Avram}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Hungarian scientists]] [[Category:Israeli biologists]] {{Nobel Prize in Chemistry}} {{authority control}} {{bio-stub}}