Meir Wilchek
Meir Wilchek · Science & Medicine
Biochemist who developed avidin-biotin technology, widely used in biological research and diagnostics
1935, Warsaw, Poland
Israel (Rehovot, Weizmann Institute)
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Wilchek developed the avidin–biotin system and affinity chromatography, tools now ubiquitous in biological research and medical diagnostics. Born into a rabbinical Jewish family in Warsaw, he survived the Holocaust as a child, immigrated to Israel in 1949 and became a leading scientist at the Weizmann Institute. He was awarded the Wolf Prize and the Israel Prize.
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Biochemist who developed avidin-biotin technology, widely used in biological research and diagnostics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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