Ada E. Yonath receiving her Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Ada E. Yonath after receiving her Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Close-up of the Nobel Laureates in Chemistry (from left to right): Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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The 2009 Nobel Laureates stand for the Swedish national anthem (from left to right): Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle, George E. Smith, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, Ada E. Yonath, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, Jack W. Szostak, Herta Müller, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Ada E. Yonath with her grand-daughter, Noa (left), and her sister, Mrs Nurit Raviv (right), after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Nobel Laureate Ada E. Yonath in conversation with His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Nobel Banquet. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Ada E. Yonath delivering her banquet speech.

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From left to right: Princess Madeleine, Crown Princess Victoria, Nobel Laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Mrs Vera Rosenberry Ramakrishnan, Hagith Yonath, Nobel Laureate Ada E. Yonath, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Her Majesty Queen Silvia, Joan Argetsinger Steitz, Nobel Laureate Thomas A. Steitz, and Prince Carl Philip at the Nobel Banquet. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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The 2009 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation, 12 December 2009. Back row, left to right: Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Ada E. Yonath and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine Jack W. Szostak and Carol W. Greider, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Thomas A. Steitz, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Elizabeth H. Blackburn, and Nobel Laureate in Physics George E. Smith. Front row, left to right: Nobel Laureate in Physics Willard S. Boyle, Laureate in Economic Sciences Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Laureate in Literature Herta Müller and Laureate in Economic Sciences, Oliver E. Williamson. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath after delivering their Nobel Lectures at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Ada E. Yonath delivering her Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (centre), with fellow Chemistry Laureates Ada E. Yonath (left) and Thomas A. Steitz (right) during their interview with Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2009. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Copyright © Nobel Prize Outreach 2009 Photo: Niclas Enberg

Ada E. Yonath (left), Thomas A. Steitz (center) and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (right) leaves the interview with Nobelprize.org at Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, 6 December 2009. Copyright © Nobel Prize Outreach 2009 Photo: Niclas Enberg

Ada E. Yonath with x-ray diffraction equipment.

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Professor Ada Yonath (right) discussing the outcome of an experiment with her assistant, Anat Bashan (left), at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France.

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Professor Ada Yonath with some members of her team at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France. Jacob Halfov (far left), Haim Rozenberg, Ella Zimmerwain, Itai Wekselman, Chen Davidovich, Anat Bashan and Yehada Halfon (far right).

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Professor Ada Yonath preparing frozen crystals at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France.

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Ada E. Yonath with dishes used for crystallization experiments.

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Professor Ada Yonath in the Weizmann Institute library.

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Professor Ada Yonath preparing frozen crystals for an experiment at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France.

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Professor Ada Yonath with her daughter, Hagith Yonath, and her grand-daughter, Noa, in the Jerusalem neighborhood where she spent her childhood.

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Ada Yonath on the stairs of the house where she spent her childhood in a suburb of Jerusalem.

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Ada Yonath (left) and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (right) in Cambridge, United Kingdom, September 2009.

Kindly provided by Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Ada Yonath (left) and Thomas A. Steitz (right) in Sandhamn, Sweden, 2003.

Kindly provided by Venkatraman Ramakrishnan