About the speaker

Born and raised in Israel, Prof Aaron Ciechanover won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004 for his contributions to the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. The complex cascade of the ubiquitin pathway revolutionizes the field of research for life scientists. It is clear now that degradation of cellular proteins is a highly complex, temporally controlled, and tightly regulated process that plays major roles in a variety of basic pathways during cell life and death, and in health and disease.

Prof Ciechanover is a Visiting Member and International Advisory Board Member of the Institute for Advanced Study at HKUST.

The seminar is free and open to the public. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

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