Nobel Days in Yerevan: Who are the 5 Nobel laureates

YEREVAN, APRIL 12, ARMENPRESS. Five Nobel laureates have arrived in Armenia to share their experience.

Before the launch of the event, “Armenpress” and the committee of “Nobel Days in Yerevan” offer to get acquainted with the 5 distinguished scientists.

Aaron Ciechanover, born October 1, 1947 is an Israelibiologist, who won theNobel PrizeinChemistryfor characterizing the method that cells use to degrade and recycle proteins usingubiquitin.

Ada E. Yonath, born 22 June 1939is an Israelicrystallographerbest known for her pioneering work on the structure of theribosome. She is the current director of the Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly of the Weizmann Institute of Science. In 2009, she received theNobel Prize in Chemistryfor her studies on the structure and function of the ribosome, becoming the first Israeli woman to win theNobel Prizeout of ten Israeli Nobel laureates,the first woman from the Middle East to win a Nobel prize in the sciences, and the first woman in 45 years to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Dan Shechtman, born January 24, 1941 is the Philip Tobias Professor of Materials Science at theTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology, an Associate of theUS Department of Energy'sAmes Laboratory, and Professor of Materials Science atIowa State University. On April 8, 1982, while on sabbatical at theU.S. National Bureau of StandardsinWashington, D.C., Shechtman discovered theicosahedral phase, which opened the new field ofquasiperiodic crystals. Shechtman was awarded the 2011Nobel Prize in Chemistryfor the discovery of quasicrystals.

John Robin Warren, born 11 June 1937 inis anAustralian pathologist,NobelLaureate and researcher who is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of thebacteriumHelicobacter pylori, together withBarry Marshall.At theUniversity of Western Australia, with his colleagueBarry J. Marshall, Warren proved that the bacterium is the infectious cause ofstomach ulcers. Warren helped develop a convenient diagnostic test (breath test) for detectingH. pyloriin ulcer patients.

In 2005, Warren and Marshall were awarded theNobel Prize in Medicine.

Ei-ichi Negishi,born July 14, 1935is a Japanese chemistwho has spent most of his career atPurdue Universityin the United States. He is best known for his discovery of theNegishi coupling.He was awarded the 2010Nobel Prize in Chemistry"forpalladium catalyzedcross couplings inorganic synthesis" jointly withRichard F. HeckandAkira Suzuki.

The “Nobel Days in Yerevan” event will take place from April 12-15. The event is taking place by the initiative of the Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi.