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Credit: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, November 29, 2010 – Prof. Emeritus Uriel Bachrach of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will receive a special award from the mayor of Rome on Wednesday, Dec. 1, in Rome. The award is being given to four distinguished scientists from Japan, the US and Israel who have made significant contributions to cancer research.
A press conference featuring the scientists will also be held in connection with at the occasion.
Prof. Bachrach is one of the organizers of the 11th International Conference on Polyamine, Cancer and Other Diseases, being held this week in Tivoli, Italy.
Prof. Bachrach, who served for more than 60 years as a professor of microbiology at the Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine from its inception, was born in Germany 1926 and emigrated to Israel, where he earned his Ph.D. at the Hebrew University. He served during his career also as a visiting professor or scientist at universities in the US, Italy and Ethiopia and received an honorary doctorate at the University of Bologna in 1995.
Prof. Bachrach has conducted extensive research in the field of polyamines and studied various aspects of their development. He also was one of the founders of the Scientific Corps of the Israel Defense Forces in 1948, under the command of Prof. Ephraim Katzir, a former president of Israel.