Prof. Aaron Ciechanover

2004 Nobel Laureate for Chemistry at the Department of Biochemistry of the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa/Israel

Prof. Ciechanover’s work on ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation offers an opportunity to develop drugs against cervical cancer, cystic fibrosis and other diseases.

Biography:

Prof. Aaron Ciechanover is a Distinguished Research Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa who shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2004 with Prof. Avram Hershko and Prof. Irwin Rose for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. Thanks to the work of the three Laureates it is now possible to understand at a molecular level how the cell controls a number of central processes by breaking down certain proteins and not others. Examples of processes governed by ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation are cell division, DNA repair, quality control of newly-produced proteins and important parts of the immune defence. When the degradation does not work correctly, we fall ill. Cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis are two examples. Knowledge of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation offers an opportunity to develop drugs against these diseases and others. Professor Ciechanover is member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican as well as, among others, of the Chinese, the Russian and the German Academies of Sciences.

Topic of keynote speech:

• Personalized medicine revolution: Are we going to cure all diseases and at what price?

Schedule:

Friday, January 9, 2026:

14:00 Public keynote speech and dialogue at the China Medical University in Taichung

Further information and free seat reservation via phone +886-4-2205-3366 #1616 or email
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