Nobel Laureate Ada Yonath Dies at 87
Translated & summarized from TheMarker by baba
Professor Ada Yonath, a Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry for her work on ribosomes, died at the age of 87. She was a prominent scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Tel Aviv University.
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- Nobel laureate Ada Yonath died at 87.
- She won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009.
- Her work focused on ribosome structure and function.
- Yonath was a professor at Tel Aviv University.
- She was affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Professor Ada Yonath, a Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry, has passed away at the age of 87. Yonath, a renowned crystallographer, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for her groundbreaking work on the structure and function of the ribosome. Her research significantly advanced the understanding of protein synthesis and played a crucial role in the development of new antibiotics. Born in Jerusalem, Yonath was a leading scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot and a professor at Tel Aviv University. Her contributions to science have had a lasting impact on molecular biology and medicine.
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