VENKATRAMAN RAMAKRISHNAN

2009 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.

• Born: 1952
• Place of birth: Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
• Nationality: United States
• Residence: United Kingdom
• Affiliation: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • Address:
    Hills Road
    Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
    
• Tel: +44 (0) 1223-402213
• Fax: +44 (0) 1223 213556
• E-mail: ramak@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
• Education:
  • Baroda University, India. B.Sc. (Physics) 1971
  • Ohio University, US. Ph.D. (Physics) 1976
  • University of California, San Diego, US. Graduate Student (Biology) 1976-78.

• The Ribosome: Structure, Function, Antibiotics, and Cellular Interactions Edited by Roger A Garrett, Stephen R. Douthwaite, Anders Liljas, Alistair T. Matheson, Peter B. Moore, Harry F. Noller
• Protein Synthesis and Ribosome Structure: Translating the Genome Edited by by Knud H. Nierhaus (Editor), Daniel N. Wilson (Editor)
• Structural Aspects Of Protein Synthesis by Anders Liljas
• Antibiotics: Actions, Origins, Resistance by Christopher Walsh
• Books on the Ribosome

• Prize co-recipient:Thomas A. Steitz
• Prize co-recipient:Ada E. Yonath
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