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Published as SubjectAda Yonath
Dates
June 22, 1939 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Yonath, Ada
Additional Forms of Names
Yonat, A.
Yonath, A. (Ada)
Biography
Abstract
Ada Yonath was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 alongside Thomas Steitz and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome." She has held positions at the Wiezmann Institute of Science for most of her career to date, but also worked at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and served as a post-doctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Important Dates
June 22, 1939Birth, Jerusalem.
1962B.Sc in Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim), Jerusalem.
1964M.Sc in Biochemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim), Jerusalem.
1968Ph.D in X-Ray Chrystallography, Weizmann Institute of Science (Mekhon Ṿaitsman le-madaʻ), Rehovot (Israel).
1969Post-Doctoral Researcher, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1970Post-Doctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (Mass.).
1970 – presentEstablished the first crystallography laboratory in Israel; Director, Joseph and Ceil Mazer Center for Structural Biology (1988-2004); Professor of Structural Biology (1988-); and Director (1989-), Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly, Weizmann Institute of Science (Mekhon Ṿaitsman le-madaʻ), Rehovot (Israel).
1977 – 1978Visiting Professor, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1979 – 1984Group leader, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin (Germany).
1986 – 2004Head of Research Unit, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg (Germany).
2000Member, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities ( Aḳademyah ha-leʼumit ha-Yiśreʼelit le-madaʻim).
2000Awarded the European Crystallography Prize, European Crystallographic Association.
2002Awarded the Israel Prize for Chemistry.
2008Awarded the Albert Einstein World Award of Science, World Cultural Council.
2009Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Thomas Steitz and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome".
Occupation
Biochemist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Amunts, Alexey
Collaborated at the Wiezmann Institute of Science.
Bashan, Anat
Collaborated at the Wiezmann Institute of Science.
Cotton, F. Albert (Frank Albert), 1930-2007
Advisor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Traub, Wolfie, 1927-
Advisor, Weizmann Institute of Science.
Wittmann, Heinz-Günter
Collaborated on ribosomal structure project, Max Planck Institute.
Additional
Kimmel, Helen Lyttle
Shares 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome."
Shares 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome."
Institutions
Major Positions
Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik
Group leader.
Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie
Head of research unit.
Mekhon Ṿaitsman le-madaʻ
Ph.D. in X-Ray Crystallography (1968); established the first crystallography laboratory; Director, Joseph and Ceil Mazer Center for Structural Biology; Professor of Structural Biology; and Director, Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly.
University of Chicago
Visiting Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Aḳademyah ha-leʼumit ha-Yiśreʼelit le-madaʻim
Member.
Carnegie-Mellon University
Post-Doctoral Researcher.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Post-Doctoral Researcher.
Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim.
B.Sc in Chemistry (1962); and M.Sc in Biochemistry (1964).
World Cultural Council
Awarded the Albert Einstein World Award of Science (2008).
Resources
Published Resources
Subject
Chemistry Tree: Ada Yonath professional relations list.
Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings: Professor Ada E. Yonath CV.
Nobel Prize Laureate Ada Yonath biography and facts.
Weizmann Institute of Science: Professor Ada E. Yonath Group of Ribosome Stucture and Function page.