Nahum Sonenberg
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Nahum Sonenberg, OC FRS FRSC (Hebrew: נחום סוננברג; born December 29, 1946) is an Israeli Canadian microbiologist and biochemist. He is a James McGill professor of biochemistry at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] He was an HHMI international research scholar from 1997 to 2011 and is now a senior international research scholar.[2] He is best known for his seminal contributions to our understanding of translation, and notable for the discovery of the mRNA 5' cap-binding protein, eIF4E, the rate-limiting component of the eukaryotic translation apparatus.
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Nahum Sonenberg | |
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Born | (1946-12-29) December 29, 1946 (age 77) |
Alma mater | Tel-Aviv University Weizmann Institute of Science |
Known for | Translational Control eIF4E |
Awards | Gairdner Foundation International Award (2008) Robert L. Noble Prize Wolf Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Institutions | The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre McGill University |
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