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Ada Yonath

Israeli chemist.

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Sex or Gender

Female

Occupation

Molecular Biologist
Chemist
University Teacher
Crystallographer
Biochemist
Scientist

Date of Birth

6/22/1939

Instance Of

Human

Place of Birth

Jerusalem

Award Received

25 items
Israel Prize
(2002)
Point in Time
: 2002
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(2009)
Together With
:
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Together With
:
Thomas A. Steitz
Award Rationale
: for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
Award Rationale
: för studier av ribosomens struktur och funktion
Point in Time
: 2009
Prize Money
: 3,333,333 Swedish krona
Harvey Prize
(2002)
Award Rationale
: Pioneering crystallographic studies on the ribosome. In particular, for her discoveries in structural biology that have shed light on the makeup and function of the ribosome, the protein synthetic machinery of living cells. These discoveries have led to the rational design of new antibiotic drugs.
Country of Citizenship
:
Israel
Point in Time
: 2002
Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
(2007)
Together With
:
Harry F. Noller
Point in Time
: 2007
Wilhelm Exner Medal
(2010)
Point in Time
: 2010
Wolf Prize in Chemistry
(2006)
Point in Time
: 2006
L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science
(2008)
Point in Time
: 2008
Albert Einstein World Award of Science
(2008)
Point in Time
: 2008
Massry Prize
(2004)
Point in Time
: 2004
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
(2005)
Point in Time
: 2005
Silver Medal of the President of the Senate
(2012)
Point in Time
: 2012
X-Ray Badge
(2014)
Point in Time
: 2014
The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture
(2006)
Point in Time
: 2006
Honorary Doctor of Carnegie-Mellon University
Honorary Doctor of the University of Chile
Honorary Doctor of the Technical University of Berlin
F. A. Cotton Medal
(2002)
Point in Time
: 2002
Honorary Doctor of the University of Hamburg
EMBO Membership
Esther Hoffman Beller Lectureship
(2021)
Point in Time
: 2021
Erna Hamburger Prize
(2011)
Point in Time
: 2011
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(2020)
Point in Time
: 2020
Announcement Date
: 4/29/2020
Rothschild Prize
Marie Curie Medal
(2011)
Point in Time
: 2011
Honorary Doctorate From Joseph Fourier University
(3/31/2015)
Point in Time
: 3/31/2015

Educated At

Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Weizmann Institute of Science

Given Name

Ada

Employer

University of Chicago
Q102212738

Member Of

National Academy of Sciences
(2003 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
: 2003
European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
European Molecular Biology Organization
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Royal Society
(4/29/2020 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Start Time
: 4/29/2020

Influenced By

William Lipscomb

Field of Work

Crystallography
Biology
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
Ribosome
Structural Biology

Work Location

Weizmann Institute of Science

Doctoral Advisor

Wolfie Traub

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IPA Transcription

ˈada joˈnat
Language of Work or Name
:
Hebrew

Described by Source

Women In Science
Page(s)
:115

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Hebrew
English

Country of Citizenship

Israel

Family Name

Yonath

Interested In

Crystallography
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