I don't walk into the lab in the morning thinking, 'I am a woman, and I will carry out an experiment that will conquer the world.' I am a scientist, not male or female. A scientist. Ada Yonath carryconquerexperiment Change image and share on social
I'm truly glad I've managed to get the public interested in questions about basic research. Ada Yonath basicgladhave Change image and share on social
I don't distinguish between men and women. This is irrelevant to me, and I don't think in these terms. Ada Yonath distinguishirrelevantman 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
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
My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either. Ada Yonath encourageneighborhoodprevent Change image and share on social
My parents were Zionists born in Poland. My father was a rabbi who didn't know much about science and ran a grocery store in the neighborhood with my mother's help. Ada Yonath bearfathergrocery Change image and share on social
DNA is a code of four letters; proteins are made up of amino acids which come in 20 forms. So the ribosome is a very clever machine that reads one language and operates in another. Ada Yonath acidaminoclever Change image and share on social
I was described as a dreamer, a fantasist, even as the village idiot. I didn't care. What I cared about was convincing people to allow me to go on with my work. Ada Yonath careconvincedreamer Change image and share on social
