The Saga of Ada Yonath
Category
Scientists & Inventors
Era / Tenure
Active Era
Leaderboard Rank
#139 in Scientists & Inventors
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39,448 Hearts
ORIGINS & BACKGROUND
Profile & Early Foundations
Ada Esther Yonath (Hebrew: עדה יונת, pronounced [ˈada joˈnat]; née Lifshitz; 22 June 1939 – 31 August 2026) was an Israeli crystallographer and Nobel laureate in chemistry, best known for her pioneering work on the structure of ribosomes. She was the director of the Helen and Milton A.
THE JOURNEY & BREAKTHROUGHS
Major Works & Significant Milestones
Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly of the Weizmann Institute of Science. In 2009, Yonath received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A.
Key Milestone & Career Defining Moment
Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
