The School of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne is proud to present

The Amazing Ribosome Prof Ada Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Winner, 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

11.00 am Wednesday 17 February Cuming Theatre, School of Chemistry

Professor Ada Yonath, from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot and 2009 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, will present a seminar at the School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne. Ada shared the prize with two other protein crystallographers, V. Ramakrishan (MRC Cambridge) and T. Steitz (Yale University), for having showed what the ribosome looks like and how it functions at the atomic level. Ribosomes are the components of cells that make proteins from amino acids. Ada is the first woman to become a Chemistry Nobel Laureate since 1964. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/press.html

No registration required, however groups of 10 or more would like to attend, please email npestana@unimelb.edu.au

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