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Ada Yonath — Age & Birthday

Born: 22 June 1939 · Died: 31 August 2026 · Age at death: 87

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Ada Yonath died aged 87. She was born on 22 June 1939 and died on 31 August 2026.

Crystallographer who won the Nobel Prize for mapping the structure of ribosomes

Did you know?Her inspiration for studying the ribosome came from reading about how polar bears store their biological machinery during hibernation.

Ada Esther Yonath (Hebrew: עדה יונת, pronounced; née Lifshitz; 22 June 1939 – 31 August 2026) was an Israeli crystallographer and Nobel laureate in chemistry, best known for her pioneering work on the structure of ribosomes. She was the director of the Helen and Milton A.

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Born: June 22, 1939 · Jerusalem, Palestine
Died: August 31, 2026
Nationality: Israeli
Known for: Science

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