Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is an Indian-born British structural biologist and Nobel laureate. He was born on 1 April, 1952, in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. Ramakrishnan is best known for his pioneering work on the structure and function of the ribosome, a complex molecular machine essential for protein synthesis. Ramakrishnan's most notable achievement was his determination of the high-resolution structure of the ribosome using X-ray crystallography. In 2009, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, along with Ada Yonath and Thomas A. Steitz, for their studies on the structure and function of the ribosome. This breakthrough provided crucial insights into how the ribosome translates the genetic code into proteins, which has significant implications for understanding fundamental biological processes and the development of new antibiotics.

Full Name	Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Occupation	British-American structural biologist and former president of the Royal Society
Date of Birth	01-April-1952 (74 years)
Birth Location	Chidambaram, Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), India
Gender	Male
Nationality	American
Religion	Hindu
Category	Academics
Business	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2009)
Zodiac Sign	Aries
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
College	Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda University of California, San Diego Ohio University
Qualification	Bsc, PhD
Hobbies	Mountain hiking

Raman Ramakrishnan

Children

R. Rajalakshmi

Mother

C. V. Ramakrishnan

Father

Vera Rosenberry

Spouse

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