NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT - OCTOBER 7: Winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Thomas A. Steitz (R) stands with Yale President Rick Levin before speaking during a news conference in the President's Room of Woolsey Hall at Yale University October 7, 2009 in New Haven, Connecticut. Steitz, along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada E. Yonath won the prize for their work describing ribosomes and how they function to produce chemistry controlling proteins on an atomic level. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT - OCTOBER 7: Winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Thomas A. Steitz (R) stands with Yale President Rick Levin before speaking during a news conference in the President's Room of Woolsey Hall at Yale University October 7, 2009 in New Haven, Connecticut. Steitz, along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada E. Yonath won the prize for their work describing ribosomes and how they function to produce chemistry controlling proteins on an atomic level.

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  6. NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT - OCTOBER 7: Winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Thomas A. Steitz, stands in a lab in the Bass Center at Yale University on October 7, 2009, in New Haven, Connecticut. Steitz, along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada E. Yonath won the prize for their work describing ribosomes and how they function to produce chemistry controlling proteins on an atomic level.
  7. NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT - OCTOBER 7: Winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Thomas A. Steitz, stands in a lab in the Bass Center at Yale University on October 7, 2009, in New Haven, Connecticut. Steitz, along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada E. Yonath won the prize for their work describing ribosomes and how they function to produce chemistry controlling proteins on an atomic level.
  8. NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT - OCTOBER 7: Winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Thomas A. Steitz, sits in his office in the Bass Center at Yale University on October 7, 2009, in New Haven, Connecticut. Steitz, along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada E. Yonath won the prize for their work describing ribosomes and how they function to produce chemistry controlling proteins on an atomic level.
  9. Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is seen in this undated handout photograph released in London October 7, 2009. Three scientists who produced atom-by-atom maps of the mysterious, life-giving ribosome won the Nobel chemistry prize on Wednesday for a breakthrough that has allowed researchers to develop powerful new antibiotics.
  10. Joint winner of the 2009 chemistry Nobel Prize Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, sits in his lab at the Medical Research Council Lab in Cambridge, England, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. Ramakrishnan with Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for mapping ribosomes, one of the cell's most complex components, at the atomic level. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said their work has been fundamental to the scientific understanding of life and has helped researchers develop antibiotics cures for various diseases.
  11. Joint winner of the 2009 chemistry Nobel Prize Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, sits in his lab at the Medical Research Council Lab in Cambridge, England, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. Ramakrishnan with Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for mapping ribosomes, one of the cell's most complex components, at the atomic level. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said their work has been fundamental to the scientific understanding of life and has helped researchers develop antibiotics cures for various diseases.
  12. Joint winner of the 2009 chemistry Nobel Prize Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, sits in his lab at the Medical Research Council Lab in Cambridge, England, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. Ramakrishnan with Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for mapping ribosomes, one of the cell's most complex components, at the atomic level. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said their work has been fundamental to the scientific understanding of life and has helped researchers develop antibiotics cures for various diseases.
  13. Joint winner of the 2009 chemistry Nobel Prize Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, sits in his lab at the Medical Research Council Lab in Cambridge, England, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. Ramakrishnan with Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for mapping ribosomes, one of the cell's most complex components, at the atomic level. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said their work has been fundamental to the scientific understanding of life and has helped researchers develop antibiotics cures for various diseases.
  14. (From L) Photos of Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz of the US and Israel's Ada Yonath are displayed on a screen as they win the Nobel Chemistry Prize 2009 for their studies on the ribosome, on October 7, 2009 in Stockholm. The trio were honoured for 'mapping the ribosome -- one of the cell's most complex machineries -- at the atomic level,' it said.
  15. (From L) Photos of Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz of the US and Israel's Ada Yonath are displayed on a screen as they win the Nobel Chemistry Prize 2009 for their studies on the ribosome, on October 7, 2009 in Stockholm. The trio were honoured for 'mapping the ribosome -- one of the cell's most complex machineries -- at the atomic level,' it said.
  16. (From L) Photos of Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz of the US and Israel's Ada Yonath are displayed on a screen as they win the Nobel Chemistry Prize 2009 for their studies on the ribosome, on October 7, 2009 in Stockholm. The trio were honoured for 'mapping the ribosome -- one of the cell's most complex machineries -- at the atomic level,' it said.

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