7 Quotes & Sayings By Ada Yonath

Ada Yonath, a geochemist and crystallographer, has been a member of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry since 1988 and Director of the Crystallography and Diffraction Laboratory since 1996. Her research interests include: X-ray crystallography, structural biology and biomineralization, and natural products. She was awarded the Otto Laporte Prize in 2010, the Rothschild Prize in 2014, the Max Delbruck Prize in 2015, and the Wolf Prize in chemistry in 2018.

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My kindergarten teacher encouraged me to learn, as did my school headmaster, who gave me a grant to study. Ada Yonath
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I don't walk into the lab in the morning thinking, 'I am a woman, and I will carry out an experiment that will conquer the world.' I am a scientist, not male or female. A scientist. Ada Yonath
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I don't distinguish between men and women. This is irrelevant to me, and I don't think in these terms. Ada Yonath
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry. Ada Yonath
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My memories from my childhood are centered on my father's medical conditions alongside my constant desire to understand the principles of the nature around me. Ada Yonath
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After I spent my compulsory army service in the 'top secret office' of the Medical Forces, where I was fortunate to be exposed to clinical and medical issues, I enrolled to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ada Yonath