Howard Cedar
Howard Cedar (Hebrew: חיים סידר; born January 12, 1943) is an Israeli American biochemist who works on DNA methylation, a mechanism that turns genes on and off.
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Nationality | Israeli American |
Alma mater | New York University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Awards | Gairdner Prize (2011) EMET Prize (2009) Wolf Prize in Medicine (2008) Israel Prize (1999) Rothschild Prize (2012) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Molecular Biology |
Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Doctoral students | Eva Jablonka |
Biography
Howard Chaim Cedar was born in the United States. He received a bachelor's degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and, in 1970, received an MD and PhD from New York University.[1]He is married to Zipora, a psychodramtist, and has six children, Joseph, Dahlia, Noa, Yoav, Yonatan and Daniel, and 21 grandchildren. Joseph Cedar is a film writer and director.
Medical research career
From 1971 to 1973 he was in the U.S. Public Health Service at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.[1]
In 1973 he joined the medical school of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and now serves as professor emeritus in the Department for Developmental Biology & Cancer Research, The Institute For Medical Research, Israel-Canada (IMRIC).[2]
Awards and recognition
- In 1999, Cedar was awarded the Israel Prize, for biology.[3]
- In 2003, be became a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
- In 2008, he was awarded the Wolf Prize in Medicine, jointly with Aharon Razin, "for their fundamental contributions to our understanding of the role of DNA methylation in the control of gene expression."[4]
- In 2009, he was awarded the EMET Prize for his work in cancer research.[5]
- In 2011 he received the Canada Gairdner International Award, together with Aharon Razin for their "pioneering discoveries on DNA methylation and its role in gene expression."
- In 2011 he received the Rothschild Prize in Biology
- In 2016 he received the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize together with Aharon Razin and Gary Felsenfeld.[6]
See also
References
- "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1999 (in Hebrew)". Archived from the original on 2011-09-21.
- The Wolf Prize in Medicine Archived 2009-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-05-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize