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Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.
~ Ada Yonath
Act
Along
Forming
Many
Simultaneously
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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
Did
Encouraged
Gave
Grant
Kindergarten
Learn
Me
School
Study
Teacher
Who
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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
Alongside
Around
Centered
Childhood
Conditions
Constant
Desire
Father
Me
Medical
Memories
Nature
Principles
Understand
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My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either.
~ Ada Yonath
Either
Encourage
Neighborhood
Prevent
Progressing
Really
Though
Women
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My parents were Zionists born in Poland. My father was a rabbi who didn't know much about science and ran a grocery store in the neighborhood with my mother's help.
~ Ada Yonath
About
Born
Father
Grocery
Grocery Store
Help
Know
Mother
Much
Neighborhood
Parents
Poland
Rabbi
Ran
Science
Store
Were
Who
Zionist
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Once, when I tried to calculate the height of the balcony, I broke my arm. Another time, I wanted to see if water moves faster than kerosene. When my father came out to smoke, a fire broke out.
~ Ada Yonath
Another
Another Time
Arm
Balcony
Broke
Calculate
Came
Faster
Father
Fire
Height
I Tried
Moves
Once
Out
See
Smoke
Than
Time
Tried
Wanted
Water
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People always talk about the implication and applications of a process, but for me, the goal is purely about knowledge. Knowledge can become practical today, in 20 years, or in 500 years. Ask Newton. He didn't know there would be space research based on his accident with the apple.
~ Ada Yonath
About
Accident
Always
Apple
Applications
Ask
Based
Become
Goal
He
His
Know
Knowledge
Me
Newton
People
Practical
Process
Purely
Research
Space
Talk
Today
Would
Would-Be
Years
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People are obsessed with my haircut; everyone wants to do something with my hair before the ceremony. Very senior figures tell me their hairstylist wants to do my hair for free. It's surprising. People from television are interested almost exclusively in aspects of my hair and my hairdresser.
~ Ada Yonath
Almost
Aspects
Before
Ceremony
Everyone
Figures
Free
Hair
Haircut
Hairdresser
Interested
Me
Obsessed
People
Senior
Something
Surprising
Television
Tell
Very
Wants
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Problems should be solved by talking and not in an aggressive manner.
~ Ada Yonath
Aggressive
Manner
Problems
Should
Solved
Talking
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Proteins are constantly being degraded. Therefore, simultaneous production of proteins is required.
~ Ada Yonath
Being
Constantly
Degraded
Production
Proteins
Required
Therefore
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The ribosome is a machine that gets instructions from the genetic code and operates chemically in order to produce the product.
~ Ada Yonath
Code
Genetic
Gets
Instructions
Machine
Order
Produce
Product
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The Weizmann Institute showed me respect and didn't require many administrative tasks, so I was quite independent. I did what I wanted.
~ Ada Yonath
Administrative
Did
Independent
Institute
Many
Me
Quite
Require
Respect
Tasks
Wanted
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The world was not supportive. They look at me as a joke for 13 to 14 years until I could prove feasibility; then I had competitors. Those that laughed at me became my competitors.
~ Ada Yonath
Became
Competitors
Could
Had
Joke
Laughed
Look
Me
Prove
Supportive
Then
Those
Until
World
Years
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There are over 7,000 different types of proteins in typical eukaryotic cells; the total number depends on the cell class and function.
~ Ada Yonath
Cell
Cells
Class
Depends
Different
Different Types
Function
Number
Over
Proteins
Total
Types
Typical
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Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.
~ Ada Yonath
Academy
Affairs
Always
Arrive
Assistant
Foreign
Foreign Affairs
Help
Hotel
Katrina
Laureate
Me
Ministry
Moment
Other
Our
Personal
Secretary
Stockholm
Swedish
Take
Things
Together
Two
Us
Waiting
Well
Will
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When a man sits in our jails for a number of years, and around him friends and family become angry, that is how we create terrorists.
~ Ada Yonath
Angry
Around
Become
Create
Family
Friends
Friends And Family
Him
How
Jails
Man
Number
Our
Terrorists
Years
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Words originating from the verb 'to die' were frequently used when I described my initial plans to determine the ribosome structure.
~ Ada Yonath
Determine
Die
Frequently
Initial
Plans
Structure
Used
Verb
Were
Words
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22 June, 1939
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Israel
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