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Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is a biologist whose scientific contribution on the atomic structure of the ribosome, where the genetic information is read to synthesise proteins from amino acids, improved understanding of the ribosome has yielded many fundamental biological insights.

 

In 2009, Ramakrishnan won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on ribosomal structure. He shared the award with Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath.

 

Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and the Quest for Immortality , his latest book was discussed at Bangalore Literature Festival 24.

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