Ada Yonath
Israeli chemist.
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: for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome : för studier av ribosomens struktur och funktion : 3,333,333 Swedish krona
: 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.