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Ada Yonath is an Israeli crystallographer best known for her pioneering work on the structure of ribosome .1Born in Jerusalem , she is the Martin A. Kimmel Professor of Structural Biology at the Weizmann Institute . In 2000 , Yonath was the recipient of the first European Crystallography Prize . v t e v t e2
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Yonath (born June 22, 1939) ( , ) is an Israeli crystallographer best known for her pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome .She is the current director of the Helen and Milton A.In 2009, she received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A.Steitz for her studies on the structure and function of the ribosome, becoming the first Israeli woman to win the Nobel Prize out of nine Israeli Nobel laureates, , the first woman from the Middle East to win a Nobel prize in the sciences, and the first woman in 45 years to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.However, she said herself that there was nothing special about a woman winning the Prize.
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Yonath ( , ) (born 22 June 1939 ) is an Israeli crystallographer best known for her pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome . She is the current director of the Helen and Milton A. In 2009, she received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz for her studies on the structure and function of the ribosome, becoming the first Israeli woman to win the Nobel Prize out of ten Israeli Nobel laureates, the first woman from the Middle East to win a Nobel prize in the sciences, and the first woman in 45 years to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. However, she said herself that there was nothing special about a woman winning the Prize.
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Yonath ( , ) (born 22 June 1939) is an Israeli crystallographer best known for her pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome . She is the current director of the Helen and Milton A. In 2009, Yonath received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz for her studies on the structure and function of the ribosome, becoming the first Israeli woman to win the Nobel Prize out of ten Israeli Nobel laureates, the first woman from the Middle East to win a Nobel prize in the sciences, and the first woman in 45 years to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
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Yonath ( , ; born 22 June 1939) is an Israeli chemist and Nobel laureate crystallographer best known for her pioneering work on the structure of ribosomes . She is the current director of the Helen and Milton A. In 2009, Yonath received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz for her studies on the structure and function of the ribosome, becoming the first Israeli woman to win the Nobel Prize out of ten Israeli Nobel laureates, the first woman from the Middle East to win a Nobel prize in the sciences, and the first woman in 45 years to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Women in Leadership: Contextual Dynamics and Boundaries .
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Yonath ( Hebrew : עדה יונת , pronounced [ˈada joˈnat] ; born 22 June 1939) is an Israeli crystallographer and Nobel laureate in Chemistry, best known for her pioneering work on the structure of ribosomes . She is the current director of the Helen and Milton A. In 2009, Yonath received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz for her studies on the structure and function of the ribosome, becoming the first Israeli woman to win the Nobel Prize out of ten Israeli Nobel laureates, the first woman from the Middle East to win a Nobel prize in the sciences, and the first woman in 45 years to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Women in Leadership: Contextual Dynamics and Boundaries .
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israeli crystallographer best known for her pioneering work on the structure of ribosome
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israeli crystallographer and nobel laureate in chemistry
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