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Ada Yonath
Ada Yonath
Israeli Scientist
Born: Jun 22, 1939
Father Me People Research Science Time
Related authors: Carl Sagan Charles Darwin Galileo Galilei George Washington Carver Hippocrates Margaret Mead Marie Curie Neil deGrasse Tyson
If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry. Ada Yonath
Inquiry High High Level Attain Scientific Curiosity Then Stands Level Chance
I wanted to reveal how genetic code is translated into protein. I knew a great application could be for antibiotics, since half of the useful ones target the ribosomes, but I didn't believe I could contribute to it. It was like the next Mount Everest to conquer. It was my dream to contribute something to humanity. Ada Yonath
Great Humanity Half Believe Dream Something Could Knew Since Genetic Like Protein Reveal How Antibiotics Target Mount Mount Everest Contribute Wanted Translated Next Useful Conquer Code Everest Application
My memories from my childhood are centered on my father's medical conditions alongside my constant desire to understand the principles of the nature around me. Ada Yonath
Nature Me Memories Father Constant Alongside Principles Around Understand Conditions Childhood Centered Medical Desire
Proteins are constantly being degraded. Therefore, simultaneous production of proteins is required. Ada Yonath
Degraded Constantly Simultaneous Proteins Being Required Production Therefore
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
Time Water Father Fire Faster Once Broke Out Tried See Arm Calculate Smoke Another Balcony Another Time Came Than Moves Wanted Height
My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either. Ada Yonath
Women Progressing Neighborhood Though Prevent Encourage Either Really
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
Morning Woman World Walk Will Experiment Thinking Out Carry Female Am Scientist Male Lab Conquer
I am against boycotts in general: boycotts against us as well as anything and everything that can be boycotted. Ada Yonath
Everything General Well Am Boycott Anything Anything And Everything Against Us
I was born in Jerusalem in 1939 to a poor family that shared a rented four-room apartment with two additional families and their children. Ada Yonath
Family Additional Born Shared Families Children Apartment Poor Jerusalem Two
During my time I had some very difficult years, and I had very pronounced competition, all by men. Ada Yonath
Time Competition Men Difficult Some My Time Had Years Very
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
Life Game Struggle Survival Cleaning Science Age Too Much Think Too About Had Name Making Conditions Up Being Dishes Much Sandwiches Hard Standards Washing Keep Floors
Even if I tried to fill up the stadium in Ramat Gan, I don't think I could. Ada Yonath
Think Tried Could Up Stadium Even Fill
When a man sits in our jails for a number of years, and around him friends and family become angry, that is how we create terrorists. Ada Yonath
Angry Family Man Become Our Him Around How Terrorists Years Friends Friends And Family Jails Create Number
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
Father Books Background Religious Born Rather Did Rabbi Poor Jerusalem
The world was not supportive. They look at me as a joke for 13 to 14 years until I could prove feasibility; then I had competitors. Those that laughed at me became my competitors. Ada Yonath
Me World Joke Those Laughed Could Had Supportive Look Until Became Prove Years Then Competitors
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
Me Science Woman Status Higher Journal Feel Academic Scientist Lot Discrimination Articles Any Quite Quite A While While Against Produced Receive
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
Me Respect Independent Administrative Institute Did Tasks Quite Wanted Require Many
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
Language Made Clever Machine Come Another Proteins Reads Up Very Which Forms Amino Code Letters Four

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