Nathan Sharon#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1960 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1999 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ISRAEL |
Nathan Sharon passed away June 17, 2011.
Positions held
- 1995 Professor Emeritus
- 1976 - 1977, 1980 - 1983, 1984 - 1986 Dean,Department of Biophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
- 1973 - 1983, 1987 - 1990 Head, Department of Biophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
- 1968 Professor, Department of Biophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
- 1965 Associate Professor, Department of Biophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
- 1960 Senior Scientist, Department of Biophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
- 1957 Researcher Associate, Department of Biophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
- 1954 Researcher Assistant, Department of Biophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
Fields of Scholarship
- Lectins - sugars and sugar-binding proteins
- Glycoproteins
- Infectious diseases – “anti-adhesion therapy”
Honours and Awards
- 1973 Landau Prize, Mifal Hapayis
- 1977 Weizmann Prize in Exact Sciences, from the City of Tel Aviv-Jaffa
- 1980 Honorary Member, American Society of Biological Chemists
- 1987 the Weizmann Prize for Sciences
- 1987 Datta Lectureship Award, Federation of European Biochemical Societies
- 1987 Honorary doctorate from the University of Paris
- 1989 Olitzki Prize, Israel Society for Microbiology
- 1989 Bijvoet Medal, Utrecht University
- 1990 Docteur Honoris Causa, Université René Descartes, Paris
- 1994 the Israel Prize in biochemistry
- 2001 Honorary Fellow, Open University of Israel
- 2008 the Rosalind Kornfeld Award for Lifetime Achievement in Glycobiology
