Nobel Prize, Israel Prize Laureate, Ada Yonath, Dies Aged 87

Nobel Prize winner Prof. Ada Yonath dies at 87

The pioneering ribosome researcher and one of Israel’s leading scientists has died after decades of research that led to the development of advanced medicines. “An extraordinary scientist."

Nobel Prize, Israel Prize laureate, Ada Yonath, dies aged 87

Professor Ada Yonath won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 and the Israel Prize in Chemistry in 2002. She was born in Jerusalem and worked at Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot.

Israeli Nobel Prizer winner Professor Ada Yonath has passed away at 87

Professor Ada Yonath won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry for her work in the study of ribosome structure using crystallography

Israeli Nobel laureate Ada Yonath, pioneering ribosome researcher, dies at 87

The 2009 chemistry laureate transformed scientists’ understanding of the ribosome and helped reveal how antibiotics work, paving the way for new approaches to combating drug-resistant bacteria