Public Lecture & Reception: Professor Ada Yonath - Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Professor Yonath was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering work in which she determined the structure of the ribosome. The ribosome is central to all life. It is a complex molecular machine that is the main site for the biosynthesis of the proteins that sustain living organisms, from humans to bacteria. In revealing its structure, Professor Yonath provided a clearer understanding of its function and how current antibiotics work. This understanding should lead to the development of new drugs for targeting infection in the new era of antibiotic resistant bacteria. To celebrate the centenary of the discovery of X-ray crystallography by von Laue and the Braggs, and to highlight the importance of crystallography in almost every branch of the natural sciences, Professor Yonath will describe how X-ray crystallography can be used to reveal the chemical basis of life processes.

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