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I used ribosomes from very, very robust bacteria under very, very active conditions and found a way - I actually took advantage of research done before me at the Weizmann, the same institute I am now - how to preserve their activity and their integrity while they crystallized.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Active Activity Actually Advantage Am Bacteria Before Conditions Done Found How Institute Integrity Me Now Preserve Research Robust Same Took Used Very Way While I Am

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The ribosome is a machine that gets instructions from the genetic code and operates chemically in order to produce the product.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Code Genetic Gets Instructions Machine Order Produce Product

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During my time I had some very difficult years, and I had very pronounced competition, all by men.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Competition Difficult Had Men My Time Some Time Very Years

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From the age of 11, I was cleaning floors, washing dishes, making sandwiches and being a cashier. Survival was the name of the game. Life was so hard that I had to struggle to keep up my standards. Under these conditions, I didn't think about science too much.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: About Age Being Cleaning Conditions Dishes Floors Game Had Hard Keep Life Making Much Name Sandwiches Science Standards Struggle Survival Think Too Too Much Up Washing

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I don't distinguish between men and women. This is irrelevant to me, and I don't think in these terms.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Between Distinguish Irrelevant Me Men Men And Women Terms Think Women

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Even if I tried to fill up the stadium in Ramat Gan, I don't think I could.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Could Even Fill Stadium Think Tried Up I Tried

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Anyone who sits in our jails who is not just a criminal but what we call a terrorist, with or without blood on his hands - and these definitions are also unclear to me - should not be sitting in our custody.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Also Anyone Blood Call Criminal Custody Definitions Hands His Jails Just Me Our Should Sitting Terrorist Who Without

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When a man sits in our jails for a number of years, and around him friends and family become angry, that is how we create terrorists.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Angry Around Become Create Family Friends Friends And Family Him How Jails Man Number Our Terrorists Years

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Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: Academy Affairs Always Arrive Assistant Foreign Help Hotel Katrina Laureate Me Ministry Moment Other Our Personal Secretary Stockholm Swedish Take Things Together Two Us Waiting Well Will

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I'm truly glad I've managed to get the public interested in questions about basic research.

~Ada Yonath

Topics: About Basic Get Glad Interested Public Questions Research Truly

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Biography

Nationality: Israeli

Type: Scientist

Born: June 22nd, 1939

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