The Weizmann Institute showed me respect and didn't require many administrative tasks, so I was quite independent. I did what I wanted. Ada Yonath administrativeindependentinstitute 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
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
Anyone who sits in our jails who is not just a criminal but what we call a terrorist, with or without blood on his hands - and these definitions are also unclear to me - should not be sitting in our custody. Ada Yonath bloodcallcriminal share on social
The ribosome is a machine that gets instructions from the genetic code and operates chemically in order to produce the product. Ada Yonath chemicallycodegenetic Change image and share on social
I used ribosomes from very, very robust bacteria under very, very active conditions and found a way - I actually took advantage of research done before me at the Weizmann, the same institute I am now - how to preserve their activity and their integrity while they crystallized. Ada Yonath activeactivityadvantage share on social
I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books. Ada Yonath backgroundbearbook Change image and share on social
