Nahum Sonenberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Nahum Sonenberg

Israeli microbiologist

Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1946

Place of Birth: Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany

Profession: university teacher, biochemist, microbiologist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Nahum Sonenberg

  • Nahum Sonenberg, (Hebrew: ???? ????????; born December 29, 1946) is an Israeli Canadian microbiologist and biochemist.
  • He is a James McGill professor of biochemistry at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • He was an HHMI international research scholar from 1997 to 2011 and is now a senior international research scholar.
  • He is best known for his seminal contributions to our understanding of translation, and notable for the discovery of the mRNA 5' cap-binding protein, eIF4E, the rate-limiting component of the eukaryotic translation apparatus.

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