Howard Cedar

Howard Cedar
הווארד צידר
Howard Cedar in 2016
Born
Howard Chaim Cedar

(1943-01-12) January 12, 1943
NationalityIsraeli American
Alma materNew York University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SpouseZipora
Children6 (including Joseph)
AwardsGairdner Prize (2011)
EMET Prize (2009)
Wolf Prize in Medicine (2008)
Israel Prize (1999)
Rothschild Prize (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsMolecular Biology
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem
Doctoral studentsEva Jablonka

Howard Chaim Cedar (Hebrew: הווארד חיים צידר; born January 12, 1943) is an Israeli American biochemist who works on DNA methylation, a mechanism that turns genes on and off.