!!Nathan Sharon - Curriculum vitae
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__Born:__ November 4, 1925, Brisk, Poland

Emigrated to Israel 1934. Married Rachel Itzikson 1948; two daughters, Esther Sharon (1952) and Osnat Bairey (1956)
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__Education:__
*1943, Grad. High School, Tel Aviv
*1950, M.Sc. (Biochemistry) Hebrew Univ. Jerusalem
*1953, Ph.D. (Biochemistry) Hebrew Univ. Jerusalem
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__Postdoctoral research:__
*1956-57, Biochem. Res. Lab., Mass. General Hospital &Harvard Med. School, Boston, MA., (with F.Lipmann)
*1957-58, Lab. for Cabohydrate Res., M.G.H. & H.M.S., (with R.W.Jeanloz)
*1958, Dept. Biol., Brookhaven National, Upton, New York (with D.E.Koshland Jr.)
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__Professional employment:__
*1949-53, Research Assist., Agricultural Res. Station, Dairy Res. Lab., Rehovot
*1954-, Dept. of Biophysics, Weizmann Inst. Science, Rehovot:
**Res. Assistant, 1954
**Res. Associate, 1957
**Senior Scientist, 1960
**Assoc. Prof.,1965
**Prof., 1968
**Head, Dept. Biophys., 1973-83, 1987-90
**Dean, Faculty of Biophys.-Biochem., 1976- 77, 1980-83, 1984-86
**Prof. Emeritus, 1995
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__Other appointments:__
*1962-1963, Res. Assoc., Dept. Biol. Chem., Harvard Med. School
*1963, Visit. Assoc. Prof., Dept. Biochem., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York; 
*1968, Visit. Prof., Lab. Molecular Biol., Oxford University, UK
*1968, Visit. Prof., Lab. for Molecular Biol., Oxford University, UK
*1970-1971. Visit. Prof., Dept. of Biochem., Univ. California, Berkeley
*1971, Visit. Prof., Dept. Chemical Pathol., St. Mary's Hospital Med. School, London
*1977-78, Scholar-in-Residence, Fogarty International Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD
*1978, Visit. Prof., Dept. Biological Sciences, Univ. California, Santa Barbara
*1981, Scholar-in-Residence, Fogarty International Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD
*1983-84, Distinguished Visiting Scientist, NIADDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD
*1991, Greenberg Scholar, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
*1992-1993, Visit. Prof., Harvard Med. School
*1993, Distinguished Visit. Scientist, Roche Inst. Mol. Biol., Nutley, NJ
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__Elected positions:__
*1972-74, 1988-90, Chairman, Scientific Council, Weizmann Inst. Science
*1990- Chairman, Panel of Advisors, Batsheva de Rothschild Foundation for the Advancement of Science in Israel
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__Awards and Honors__
*1973-Landau Prize, Mifal Hapayis
*1976-Member, European Molecular Biology Organization
*1977-Fogarty International Scholar, NIH, Bethesda, MD.
*1977-Weizmann Prize in Exact Sciences, from the City of Tel Aviv
*1980-Honorary Member, American Society of Biological Chemists
*1987-Visiting Prof., College de France, Paris
*1987-Datta Lectureship Award, Federation of European Biochemical Societies
*1989-Olitzki Prize, Israel Society for Microbiology
*1989-Bijvoet Medal, Utrecht University
*1990-Docteur Honoris Causa, Université René Descartes, Paris
*1991-Special issue of Carbohydrate Research on lectins
*1992-Member, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
*1994-Israel Prize in Biochemistry and Medicine
*1994-Visiting Prof., College de France, Paris
*1999-Foreign Member, Academia Europaea
*2000-Foreign Member, Polish Academy of Sciences
*2001-Foreign Member, American Society for Microbiology
*2001- Honorary Fellow, Open University of Israel
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__Memberships in Scientific Societies:__
*American Chemical Society
*The Biochemical Society (UK)
*International Science Writers Association
*Israel Biochemical Society (President 1969-1970)
*Society for Complex Carbohydrates
*Federation of European Biochemical Societies (Chairman 1980-81)
*International Glycoconjugate Organization (President 1989-91)
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