Ada Yonath
June 22, 1939 –August 31, 2026
Molecular biologist, Chemist, University teacher, Crystallographer, Biochemist, Scientist
Lived 87 years
- Born in
- Jerusalem
Ada Esther Yonath (Hebrew: עדה יונת, pronounced [ˈada joˈnat]; née Lifshitz; 22 June 1939 – 31 August 2026) was an Israeli crystallographer and Nobel laureate in chemistry, best known for her pioneering work on the structure of ribosomes. She was the 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.
Awards: Israel Prize, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Harvey Prize, Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, Wilhelm Exner Medal, Wolf Prize in Chemistry, L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science, Albert Einstein World Award of Science, Massry Prize, Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Weizmann Institute of Science
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