Thomas A. Steitz

Nobel Lecture

From the Structure and Function of the Ribosome to New Antibiotics

Thomas A. Steitz delivered his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2009, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University, where he was introduced by Professor Gunnar von Heijne, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

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Thomas A. Steitz delivered his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2009, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University, where he was introduced by Professor Gunnar von Heijne, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

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From Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 2009, Editor Karl Grandin, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 2010

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