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My kindergarten teacher encouraged me to learn, as did my school headmaster, who gave me a grant to study.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Did Encouraged Gave Grant Kindergarten Learn Me School Study Teacher Who

Keywords: Abhors


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DNA is a code of four letters; proteins are made up of amino acids which come in 20 forms. So the ribosome is a very clever machine that reads one language and operates in another.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Amino Another Clever Code Come Forms Four Language Letters Machine Made Proteins Reads Up Very Which Dna

Keywords: Abhors


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I was born in Jerusalem in 1939 to a poor family that shared a rented four-room apartment with two additional families and their children.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Additional Apartment Born Children Families Family Jerusalem Poor Shared Two I Was Born

Keywords: Abhors


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My memories from my childhood are centered on my father's medical conditions alongside my constant desire to understand the principles of the nature around me.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Alongside Around Centered Childhood Conditions Constant Desire Father Me Medical Memories Nature Principles Understand

Keywords: Abhors


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After I spent my compulsory army service in the 'top secret office' of the Medical Forces, where I was fortunate to be exposed to clinical and medical issues, I enrolled to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: After Army Clinical Compulsory Enrolled Exposed Forces Fortunate Hebrew Issues Jerusalem Medical Office Secret Service Spent Top University Where

Keywords: Abide


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At the end of the 1970s, I was a young researcher at the Weizmann Institute with an ambitious plan to shed light on one of the major outstanding questions concerning living cells: the process of protein biosynthesis.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Ambitious Cells Concerning End Institute Light Living Major Outstanding Plan Process Protein Questions Researcher Shed Young 1970S

Keywords: Abide


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There are over 7,000 different types of proteins in typical eukaryotic cells; the total number depends on the cell class and function.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Cell Cells Class Depends Different Different Types Function Number Over Proteins Total Types Typical

Keywords: Abide


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Proteins are constantly being degraded. Therefore, simultaneous production of proteins is required.

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Topics: Being Constantly Degraded Production Proteins Required Therefore

Keywords: Abide


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Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Act Along Forming Many Simultaneously

Keywords: Abide


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Words originating from the verb 'to die' were frequently used when I described my initial plans to determine the ribosome structure.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Determine Die Frequently Initial Plans Structure Used Verb Were Words

Keywords: Abide


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Biography

Nationality: Israeli

Type: Scientist

Born: June 22nd, 1939

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