Ada Yonath
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Ada Yonath is an Israeli crystallographer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for her pioneering work on the structure and function of the ribosome.
Aliases (1)
- Yonath ×1
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Chemistry
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chemist → crystallographer → human → structural biologist → |
| academicDegree |
PhD in X-ray crystallography
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| awardReceived |
EMET Prize
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Harvey Prize → Israel Prize → L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science → Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize → Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Wolf Prize in Chemistry → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Israel
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| dateOfBirth |
1939-06-22
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| educatedAt |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Weizmann Institute of Science → |
| employer |
Weizmann Institute of Science
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| ethnicGroup |
Jewish
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| familyName |
Yonath
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| fieldOfWork |
biochemistry
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crystallography → structural biology → |
| givenName |
Ada
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| influenced |
development of new antibiotics targeting the ribosome
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| knownFor |
pioneering ribosomal crystallography
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ribosome structure research → studies of protein biosynthesis → |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Hebrew → |
| memberOf |
European Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities → National Academy of Sciences (United States) → |
| name |
Ada Yonath
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| NobelPrize.category |
Chemistry
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| NobelPrize.motivation |
studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
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| NobelPrize.year |
2009
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| notableAchievement |
determination of high-resolution ribosome structures
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first to crystallize large ribosomal subunits → |
| notableStudent |
Harel Weinstein
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| placeOfBirth |
Jerusalem
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| positionHeld |
director of the Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly
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professor → |
| researchFocus |
antibiotic–ribosome interactions
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mechanism of protein synthesis → ribosomal structure → |
| sexOrGender |
female
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| workplace |
Weizmann Institute of Science
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Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science
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Wolf Foundation → |
hasNotableLaureate |
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Ada Yonath
("Yonath")
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familyName |
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Israel Prize in Chemistry and Physics
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hasNotableLaureates |
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Ada Yonath
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name |
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Harvey Prize
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notableRecipient |