Doron Lancet
Israeli geneticist
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Doron Lancet (Hebrew: דורון לנצט) is an Israeli human geneticist. He is the Ralph D. and Lois R. Silver Professor of Human Genomics and head of the Crown Human Genome Center at the Weizmann Institute of Science. He is known for researching the genetic basis of olfaction, for developing the human genetics database GeneCards,[1] and for his work on Abiogenesis and the development of the Gard model.[2][3]
KnownforResearch on olfaction. The Gard model
AwardsTakasago Award from the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (1986)
FieldsHuman genetics
Doron Lancet | |
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דורון לנצט | |
Doron Lancet | |
| Education | Hebrew University of Jerusalem Weizmann Institute of Science |
| Known for | Research on olfaction. The Gard model |
| Awards | Takasago Award from the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (1986) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Human genetics |
| Institutions | Weizmann Institute of Science |
| Thesis | Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of hapten induced conformational changes in immunoglobulins (1978) |
Academic advisors | Israel Pecht Michael Sela |
Honors and awards
Lancet received the Israel Biochemical Society's Hestrin Prize (1986), the Association for Chemoreception Sciences' Takasago Award (1986), and the R.H. Wright Award in Olfactory Research (1998). He has been a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization since 1996.[4]
