Ada Yonath Quotes
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At the end of the 1970s, I was a young researcher at the Weizmann Institute with an ambitious plan to shed light on one of the major outstanding questions concerning living cells: the process of protein biosynthesis.
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I wanted to reveal how genetic code is translated into protein. I knew a great application could be for antibiotics, since half of the useful ones target the ribosomes, but I didn't believe I could contribute to it. It was like the next Mount Everest to conquer. It was my dream to contribute something to humanity.
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I was born in Jerusalem in 1939 to a poor family that shared a rented four-room apartment with two additional families and their children.
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
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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.
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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.
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I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books.
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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.
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I'm always having to get rid of reporters.
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For quite a while, I didn't receive a higher academic status. I didn't feel any discrimination against me as a woman scientist, but I hadn't produced a lot of science journal articles.
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Problems should be solved by talking and not in an aggressive manner.
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Proteins are constantly being degraded. Therefore, simultaneous production of proteins is required.
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I was described as a dreamer, a fantasist, even as the village idiot. I didn't care. What I cared about was convincing people to allow me to go on with my work.
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I am against boycotts in general: boycotts against us as well as anything and everything that can be boycotted.
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Even if I tried to fill up the stadium in Ramat Gan, I don't think I could.
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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.
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Anyone who sits in our jails who is not just a criminal but what we call a terrorist, with or without blood on his hands - and these definitions are also unclear to me - should not be sitting in our custody.
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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.
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Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.
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It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.
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I'm truly glad I've managed to get the public interested in questions about basic research.
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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.
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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.
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My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either.