(Rehovot/Vienna, 24 October 2025) On October 16, 2025, Rudolf Valenta from MedUni Vienna congratulated Meir Wilchek from the Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel as friend and on behalf of the Medical University of Vienna to his 90th birthday.
Meir Wilchek is world-famous for the development of affinity chromatography and the avidin-biotin system which has revolutionized and promoted the field of basic science, laboratory diagnostics, drug discovery and the treatment of patients and thus has improved and saved numerous lifes. Meir Wilchek has visited the Medical University of Vienna many times where he gave lectures, advised research programs and mentored scientists at different career levels.