It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation. Ada Yonath expressfoundationgratitude Change image and share on social
Once, when I tried to calculate the height of the balcony, I broke my arm. Another time, I wanted to see if water moves faster than kerosene. When my father came out to smoke, a fire broke out. Ada Yonath armbalconybreak Change image and share on social
My kindergarten teacher encouraged me to learn, as did my school headmaster, who gave me a grant to study. Ada Yonath encouragegivegrant Change image and share on social
Even if I tried to fill up the stadium in Ramat Gan, I don't think I could. Ada Yonath fillganramat Change image and share on social
At the end of the 1970s, I was a young researcher at the Weizmann Institute with an ambitious plan to shed light on one of the major outstanding questions concerning living cells: the process of protein biosynthesis. Ada Yonath 1970sambitiousbiosynthesis share on social
There are over 7,000 different types of proteins in typical eukaryotic cells; the total number depends on the cell class and function. Ada Yonath 000cellclass Change image and share on social
From the age of 11, I was cleaning floors, washing dishes, making sandwiches and being a cashier. Survival was the name of the game. Life was so hard that I had to struggle to keep up my standards. Under these conditions, I didn't think about science too much. Ada Yonath agecashierclean share on social
For quite a while, I didn't receive a higher academic status. I didn't feel any discrimination against me as a woman scientist, but I hadn't produced a lot of science journal articles. Ada Yonath academicarticlediscrimination Change image and share on social
If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry. Ada Yonath attainchancecuriosity Change image and share on social
People always talk about the implication and applications of a process, but for me, the goal is purely about knowledge. Knowledge can become practical today, in 20 years, or in 500 years. Ask Newton. He didn't know there would be space research based on his accident with the apple. Ada Yonath accidentappleapplication share on social