Ada Yonath information

Ada E. Yonath
Ada E. Yonath
עדה יונת
	Yonath in 2013
Born	Ada Lifshitz; 22 June 1939 (age 84); Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine (now in Israel)
Citizenship	Israeli
Alma mater	Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Weizmann Institute of Science;
Known for	Cryo bio-crystallography
Awards	Harvey Prize (2002); Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2006); L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science (2008); Albert Einstein World Award of Science (2008); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2009)
	Scientific career
Fields	Crystallography
Institutions	Weizmann Institute of Science; University of Chicago
Doctoral advisor	Wolfie Traub, F. Albert Cotton

Ada E. Yonath (Hebrew: עדה יונת, pronounced [ˈada joˈnat]; born 22 June 1939)^[1] 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. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

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,^[2] the first woman from the Middle East to win a Nobel prize in the sciences,^[3] and the first woman in 45 years to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.^[4]

^ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipient's C.V."
^ Lappin, Yaakov (7 October 2009). "Nobel Prize Winner 'Happy, Shocked'". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
^ Klenke, Karin (2011). Women in Leadership: Contextual Dynamics and Boundaries. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-85724-561-8.
^ "Transcript of the telephone interview with Ada E. Yonath immediately following the announcement of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry". nobelprize.org. 6 October 2015. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

[cv-1] "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipient's C.V."

[JPost1019-2] Lappin, Yaakov (7 October 2009). "Nobel Prize Winner 'Happy, Shocked'". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 7 October 2009.

[Klenke-3] Klenke, Karin (2011). Women in Leadership: Contextual Dynamics and Boundaries. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-85724-561-8.

[nobelprize.org_2015-4] "Transcript of the telephone interview with Ada E. Yonath immediately following the announcement of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry". nobelprize.org. 6 October 2015. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

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