Ada Yonath - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 2009
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Ada Yonath

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 2009
for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
Citizenship
Israel Israel
Languages
English, Hebrew
date of birth
6/22/1939
place of birth
Jerusalem
date of death
8/31/2026
Lived
87 years
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 2003
  • Royal Society of London
    • start time: 4/29/2020
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 9/30/2015
  • European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Pontifical Academy of Sciences
  • European Molecular Biology Organization
  • Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
employer
  • Weizmann Institut for Videnskab - Institut for Videnskabsundervisning
  • University of Chicago
field of work
  • crystallography
  • structural biology
  • biology
  • biochemistry
  • molecular biology
  • ribosome
occupation
  • scientist
  • chemist
  • university teacher
  • biochemist
  • crystallographer
  • molecular biologist
  • biologist
work location
  • Weizmann Institute of Science
educated at
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Weizmann Institute of Science
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