RECHOVOT, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 7: Israeli scientist Ada Yonath, a leading researcher in the structural biology field, attends a press conference after she was awarded a Nobel Prize in chemistry by the Nobel committee in Stockholm, at the Weizmann Institute on October 07 2009 in Rechovot, Israel. Yonath shares the prize with Britain's Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz, an American, for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

RECHOVOT, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 7: Israeli scientist Ada Yonath, a leading researcher in the structural biology field, attends a press conference after she was awarded a Nobel Prize in chemistry by the Nobel committee in Stockholm, at the Weizmann Institute on October 07 2009 in Rechovot, Israel. Yonath shares the prize with Britain's Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz, an American, for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. (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.
  7. (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.
  8. (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.
  9. (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.
  10. (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.
  11. (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.
  12. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria (L), arrives with Nobel Chemistry laureate Professor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (R) for the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm Town Hall December 10, 2009.
  13. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria (C) sits next to The 2009 Nobel Prize Laureates in Chemistry Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (R) of United Kingdom, Thomas Steitz of the U.S. during the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm December 10, 2009. Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize, an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. In 1968, the Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden) instituted the Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.
  14. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and the 2009 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry Venkatraman Ramakrishnan arrive for the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm December 10,2009. Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize, an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. In 1968, the Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden) instituted the Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.
  15. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria arrives with Nobel Prize Chemistry laureate Professor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan for the Nobel banquet in the Stockholm Town Hall, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009.
  16. Sweden's crown Princess Victoria, center, Nobel Chemistry laureates Professor Thomas A. Steitz, left, and Professor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, right, during the Nobel banquet in the Stockholm Town Hall, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009.

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