Shlomo Hestrin
Shlomo Hestrin | |
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שלמה הסטרין | |
| Born | 1914 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | February 2, 1962 (aged 48) Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Awards | Israel Prize in exact sciences (1957) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
Shlomo Hestrin (Hebrew שלמה הסטרין; born 1914; died 2 February 1962) was an Israeli biochemist.
Biography
[edit]Hestrin was born in 1914 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He emigrated with his parents to then British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1932.
Awards
[edit]In 1957, Hestrin was awarded the Israel Prize, in exact sciences, jointly with his research partner David Sidney Feingold and their student Gad Avigad.[1]
Hestrin's sister, Sara Hestrin-Lerner, was the recipient of the Israel Prize, in medical science, in 1955.[2]
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