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Ada E. Yonath

Chemistry2009(1/3)

Motivation

"for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome"

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Prize Amount: SEK 10,000,000 (adjusted: SEK 13,857,393)

Affiliation

Weizmann Institute of Science

Rehovot, Israel

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Personal Information

Full Name:

Ada E. Yonath

Gender:

female

Born:

1939-06-22 — Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel)

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry2009

for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome

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