Recent Developments in the Ubiquitin System: Mechanisms, Drug Targeting, and Future Challenges
Prof Aaron Ciechanover, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; Visiting Member of HKUST Institute for Advanced Study; Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Date
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14 May 2008 (Wednesday)
Time
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4:00 - 5:30 pm
Venue
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Ben C. M. Wong Technology Education Theater (Room 6580, 6/F via Lifts 27-28), HKUST
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.
