Professor Ada Yonath is The Martin S. and Helen Kimmel Professor of Structural Biology and Director of The Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly. She, along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A Steitz, were recognized for “studies of the structure and function of the ribosome,” work that will impact the development of antibiotics. In 2009 Prof. Yonath won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for deciphering the structure and mechanism of action of ribosomes – the cell’s protein factories. Her findings are crucial for developing advanced antibiotics.
Source Cited: http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Israel+beyond+politics/Prof_Yonath_2009_Nobel_Prize_Chemistry_7-Oct-2009.htm
