ADA E. YONATH

2009 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.

• Born: June 23, 1939
• Place of birth: Jerusalem, Israel
• Nationality: Israeli
• Residence: Israel
• Affiliation: Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
  • Address:
    The Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly
    Weizmann Institute of Science
    Structural Biology Department
    P.O. Box 26
    Rehovot, Israel
• Tel: (972) 8 934 3028/2541
• Fax: (972) 8 934 4154/4136
• E-mail: ada.yonath@weizmann.ac.il
• Education:
  • B.Sc. Chemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel 1962
  • M.Sc. Biochemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel 1964
  • Ph.D. X-ray Crystallography, Weizmann Institute, Israel 1968

• Proteins: Structure and Function by David Whitford
• 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:Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
• Prize co-recipient:Thomas A. Steitz
• Female Nobel Prize Winners
• Homepage
• Helen and Milton A.Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly
• Wikipedia Entry
• About the Ribosome
• Protein chrystallography
• Macromolecular X-ray chrystallography
• Official award announcement and background
• Information on research from the Nobel Foundation
• Advanced Information on research from the Nobel Foundation
• Further reading
• Nobel Lecture

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