When was Venki Ramakrishnan born?

Venki Ramakrishnan was born on 4 April 1952 in Chidambaram.

What positions has Venki Ramakrishnan held?

Positions held by Venki Ramakrishnan include: President of the Royal Society (2015–2020).

Where did Venki Ramakrishnan study?

Venki Ramakrishnan was educated at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Ohio University, University of California, San Diego.

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Venki Ramakrishnan

Nobel prize winning American and British structural biologist

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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (born 1952) is an Indian origin 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.

Quick facts

Born: 4 April 1952 wd
Place of birth: Chidambaram wd
Citizenship: United States wd
Occupation: biologist, chemist, biophysicist, biochemist, molecular biologist, Nobel Prize winner wd
Education: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Ohio University, University of California, San Diego wd
Official website: mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/ribo/homepage/ramak/index.html wd

Positions held wd

President of the Royal Society (2015–2020)

Awards wd

Guggenheim Fellowship (1991)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2009)
Padma Vibhushan in Science & Engineering (2010)
Sir Hans Krebs Medal (2012)
EMBO Membership (2002)
Knight Bachelor (2012)
Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (2007)
Order of Merit (2022)
Honorary member of the British Biophysical Society

About

Since 1999, he has worked as a group leader at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, UK and is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He served as President of the Royal Society from 2015 to 2020.

Questions

When was Venki Ramakrishnan born?: Venki Ramakrishnan was born on 4 April 1952 in Chidambaram.
What positions has Venki Ramakrishnan held?: Positions held by Venki Ramakrishnan include: President of the Royal Society (2015–2020).
Where did Venki Ramakrishnan study?: Venki Ramakrishnan was educated at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Ohio University, University of California, San Diego.

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