SYSTEM. Biochem. 1998 67:1, 425-479 Ciechanover was an invited guest lecturer at the Yerevan State Medical University in Armenia in 2010. He lectured at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology in North Korea in May 2016. Industry involvement Ciechanover has served on the Scientific Advisory Boards of the following companies: Rosetta Genomics (Chairman), BioLineRx, Ltd, StemRad, Ltd, Allosterix Ltd, Proteologics, Inc, MultiGene Vascular Systems, Ltd, Protalix BioTherapeutics, BioTheryX, Inc., and Haplogen, GmbH. Ciechanover is a member of the Advisory Board of Patient Innovation, a nonprofit, international, multilingual, free venue for patients and caregivers of any disease to share their innovations. Awards In 2000, Ciechanover received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research. In 2003, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for biology. In 2004, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery with Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose, of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway has a critical role in maintaining the homeostasis of cells and is believed to be involved in the development and progression of cancer, muscular and neurological diseases, and immune and inflammatory responses. In 2005, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. In 2006, he was awarded the Sir Hans Krebs Medal. In 2008. he was conferred Hon. DSc by NCKU Taiwan In 2009, he was conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Science by the University of Cambodia. In 2011, he was awarded the Humboldt Prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. In 2016, he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. See also List of Israel Prize recipients List of Israeli Nobel laureates List of Jewish Nobel laureates References External links including the Nobel Lecture on December 8, 2004 Intracellular Protein Degradation: From a Vague Idea thru the Lysosome and the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System and onto Human Diseases and Drug Targeting Website at the Technion A video interview with Aaron Ciechanover 1947 births Living people Nobel laureates in Chemistry Israeli Nobel laureates Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School alumni Israel Prize in biology recipients Israeli biologists Jews in Mandatory Palestine EMET Prize recipients in the Life Sciences People from Haifa Israeli Jews Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent Academic staff of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Members of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Foreign Members of the Russian Academy