Alexander Varshavsky

Alexander Jacob Varshavsky (; born November 8, 1946) is a Russian-American biochemist, noted for his discovery of the N-end rule of ubiquitination. A native of Moscow, he is currently researching at Caltech.

In 2005 he was elected a foreign member of the Academia Europaea.

In 2014 he was awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his work.

 Year  Prize 1999  Gairdner Foundation International Award 2000  Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research 2001  Wolf Prize in Medicine 2001  Massry Prize 2001  Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize 2006  March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology 2007  Gotham Prize2010Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science 2011  BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2012  King Faisal International Prize 2012  Otto Warburg Medal 2014  Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 2014  Albany Medical Center Prize

References

Other websites
 The Official Site of Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
 Caltech bio 
 The Gotham prize 

Category:1946 births
Category:Living people
Category:American biochemists
Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States
Category:Scientists from Moscow
Category:Wolf Prize winners
Category:California Institute of Technology faculty
Category:Members of Academia Europaea