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Columbia University awards 2005 Horwitz Prize to Israeli structural biologist

h studies--including the National Institutes of Health Certificate of Distinction, the F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research, the 2000 Anfinsen Prize, the 2002 Harvey Prize for Natural Sciences, the 2002 Israel Prize for Chemical Research, the 2004 Massry Prize, and the 2004 Paul Karrer Gold Medal.

She has been further acknowledged with appointments to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Her work has also been featured in a number of prestigious, peer-reviewed scientific publications, including Nature, Cell, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

A graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (B.S, chemistry, 1962; M.S, biochemistry, 1964), Dr. Yonath has been affiliated with the Weizmann Institute since the late 1960s--first as a doctoral student (Ph.D., x-ray crystallography, 1968) and researcher, and later as a senior scientist, professor, and administrator. She has also held positions with Germany's Max Planck Institute and Israeli sister institutions Tel Aviv University and Ben Gurion University.


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Contact: Elizabeth Streich
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212-305-6535
Columbia University Medical Center
15-Nov-2005


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