Ada E. Yonath. Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 .
Summary
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- 1 Beginnings
- 2 Selection of Awards
- 3 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 4 Sources
the beginning
She was born in Jerusalem , Israel on June 22, 1939 . He received his doctorate from the Weizmann Institute of Science, and completed postdoctoral studies at MIT and Carnegie Mellon University . He founded in 1970 the only protein crystallography laboratory in Israel , which completely opened the way for the future in his country . Between 1986 and 2004 he directed the Max Planck Research Units for Genetic Molecular Structure in Hamburg , Germany .
Selection of Awards
- Israel Prize 2002 .
- 2004 Massry Award , along with Harry Noller.
- Louisa Gross Horwitz Award 2005 .
- Paul-Ehrlich and Ludwig-Darmstaedter Award 2007 , together with Harry Noller.
- Wolf Prize in Chemistry 2006 , along with George Feher.
- L’Oreal-UNESCO Prize for Women in Science 2008 .
- World Science Award, Albert Einstein of the World Cultural Council 2008 .
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 , along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Cryobio-crystallography introduced a new technique , in which the crystals are cooled with nitrogen in a diffraction apparatus, thus maintaining crystallographic integrity. For which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 .
