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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

वेंकटरामन रामकृष्णन

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is a British-American structural biologist. He shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas A.

BORN

1952

HONOUR

Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2009

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Key facts

Born
1952, Chidambaram
State of birth
Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
Sector
Science & space
Profession
Nobel prize winning American and British structural biologist
Gender
Male

Biography

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is a British-American structural biologist. He shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada Yonath for research on the structure and function of ribosomes.

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Timeline

  1. 2007Awarded the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
  2. 2009Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  3. 2010Awarded the Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering
  4. 2012Awarded the Sir Hans Krebs Medal
  5. 2012Awarded the Knight Bachelor
  6. 2015Becomes President of the Royal Society
  7. 2022Awarded the Order of Merit
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