Venki Ramakrishnan

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Nobel laureate in Chemistry molecular biologist person structural biologist

Venki Ramakrishnan is a Nobel Prize–winning structural biologist renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and function of the ribosome.

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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan 3
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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Chemistry ⓘ
molecular biologist ⓘ
person ⓘ
structural biologist ⓘ
awardReceived Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) ⓘ
surface form: Fellowship of the Royal Society

Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics ⓘ
Knight Bachelor ⓘ
Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ
Padma Shri ⓘ
Padma Vibhushan ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1952-04-02 ⓘ
degree Bachelor of Science in Physics ⓘ
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics ⓘ
doctoralThesisTopic theoretical physics ⓘ
educatedAt Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda ⓘ
Ohio University ⓘ
employer MRC LMB ⓘ
surface form: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

University of Utah ⓘ
endTime 2020 (for presidency of the Royal Society) ⓘ
fieldOfWork molecular biology ⓘ
ribosome structure ⓘ
structural biology ⓘ
fullName Venki Ramakrishnan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
givenName Venkatraman ⓘ
knownFor Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 ⓘ
determination of the atomic structure of the ribosome ⓘ
studies of the structure and function of the ribosome ⓘ
memberOf European Molecular Biology Organization ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Academy of Sciences
nickname Venki ⓘ
nobelPrizeCategory Chemistry ⓘ
nobelPrizeMotivation studies of the structure and function of the ribosome ⓘ
nobelPrizeYear 2009 ⓘ
notablePublicationTopic antibiotic–ribosome interactions ⓘ
ribosomal decoding ⓘ
notableWork high-resolution structures of the 30S ribosomal subunit ⓘ
occupation biologist ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India ⓘ
positionHeld Group Leader at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge ⓘ
President of the Royal Society ⓘ
sharedNobelPrizeWith Ada Yonath ⓘ
surface form: Ada E. Yonath

Thomas Steitz ⓘ
surface form: Thomas A. Steitz
startTime 2015 (for presidency of the Royal Society) ⓘ

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Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda → hasNotableAlumni → Venki Ramakrishnan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Thomas Steitz → sharesNobelPrizeWith → Venki Ramakrishnan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan