Chemist no. 193 of 350 · Biochemistry

Ada Yonath

1939-IsraelNobel Chemistry 2009

Ribosome structure and antibiotic action

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The discovery, explained

Ada Yonath and the "Impossible" Ribosome Crystals

How Ada Yonath grew the first ribosome crystals, used cryo-crystallography, and revealed how antibiotics bind the ribosome. Nobel Chemistry 2009 for JAM, NET, GATE.

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Biography

Ada Yonath (born 1939): The Woman Who Made the Ribosome Crystallise

Biography of Ada Yonath (born 1939), Israeli crystallographer who grew the first ribosome crystals and shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Academic lineage

Documented doctoral, postdoctoral and teaching links. Dashed chips are teachers outside the 350 chemists listed here.

Teachers: Wolfie Traubdoctoral
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