Shlomo Hestrin was an Israel

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i biochemist

Biochemist

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Biography

Hestrin was born in 1914 in Winnipeg

Winnipeg

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, Canada

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. He emigrated with his parents to then British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel

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, in 1932.

Awards

In 1957, Hestrin was awarded the Israel Prize

Israel Prize

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, in exact sciences

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, jointly with his research partner David Sidney Feingold

David Sidney Feingold

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 and their student Gad Avigad

Gad Avigad

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Hestrin's sister, Sara Hestrin-Lerner

Sara Hestrin-Lerner

- Biography :Hestrin-Lerner was born in Winnipeg, Canada in 1918. Aged 14, she emigrated with her parents to the then British Mandate of Palestine in 1932...

, was the recipient of the Israel Prize, in medical science, in 1955.

See also

• List of Israel Prize recipients