You can only go into science because you're interested in it. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan interestscience Change image and share on social
Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan discoveryenterpriseinternational Change image and share on social
It's not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan bearfacilitygood Change image and share on social
The success in the determination of the high-resolution structures of ribosomal subunits and eventually the whole ribosome was the culmination of decades of effort. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan culminationdecadedetermination Change image and share on social
If I were to take an undergraduate chemistry exam, I would probably fail. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan chemistryexamfail Change image and share on social
I am still the same person doing the same science. Why are people so impressed when some academy in Sweden gives an award? Venkatraman Ramakrishnan academyawardimpress Change image and share on social
It's for scientists to lay out the data and lay out what they think, and then it's for the public to make up its own mind. We don't live in a priesthood where some small group imposes its views on other people - that's not the way that science works, and it's not the way a democratic society should work. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan datumdemocraticgroup share on social
Science today is a highly collaborative exercise, and to convert it into a contest, as the Nobel does, is a bad way to look at science. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan badcollaborativecontest Change image and share on social
I started working on ribosomes when I was a post doc, in 1978, when it would have been impossible, really, to solve it. But, it was just a fundamental problem in biology. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan biologydocfundamental Change image and share on social
My childhood and adolescence were filled with visiting scientists from both India and abroad, many of whom would stay with us. A life of science struck me as being both interesting and particularly international in its character. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan abroadadolescencecharacter share on social