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He has won many awards for his scientific work, including the Israel Prize and the Wolf Prize. Meir Wilczek in the laboratory | Photo: Kobi Kalmanovich, A.M.T. Prize, Wikipedia

The scientist with a connection to life: 90th anniversary of Meir Wilczek, the Holocaust survivor who conquered the world of biochemistry

From a hungry child who wandered through camps, exile, and kolkhozes in Kyrgyzstan – to a leading scientist at the Weizmann Institute, developer of affinity chromatography and the avidin-biotin system, winner of the Israel Prize and the Wolf Prize: Prof. Meir Wilczek celebrates 90 and continues