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Венкатраман Рамакришнан — американский и британский учёный-биохимик индийского происхождения, лауреат Нобелевской премии по химии за 2009 год совместно с Томасом Стейцем и Адой Йонат «за исследования структуры и функций рибосомы».

Рыцарь-бакалавр с 2012 года. С 2015 года президент Королевского общества , член Национальной академии наук США и Леопольдины , иностранный член Индийской национальной академии наук .



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“That is the wrong question to ask…You can’t go into science thinking of a Nobel Prize. You can only go into science because you’re interested in it.”

When asked how students could aim to emulate him.
Appreciate science for what it is: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

“I then got a PhD in physics [from Ohio University] though it was hatt hatt and hatt not a very good one.”

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan interview: 'It takes courage to tackle very hard problems in science

“I was quite insistent. We have quite a few pranksters in the lab and I thought this was one of them. I even congratulated the man, ironically, on his Swedish accent.”

When he refused to believe the telephonic news about his Nobel Prize and accused his caller a poor hoaxer.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan interview: 'It takes courage to tackle very hard problems in science

“I think it is the ability to tackle difficult problems in a sort of stable and supportive environment. I think that is the real key to it.”

About his work in the Cambridge Laboratory of Molecular Biology quoted in [Busi, Marco, Doing Research That Matters: Shaping the Future of Management, http://books.google.com/books?id=J1wdKZ36hwcC&pg=PA133, 2013, Emerald Group Publishing, 978-0-85724-707-0, 133–]

“Scientists work by a combination of intuition and insight in trying to understand a question.”

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan interview: 'It takes courage to tackle very hard problems in science

“No. Geeks make huge advances in society. Newton was the ultimate geek. It should be a compliment.”

When asked if he could be called a geek.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan interview: 'It takes courage to tackle very hard problems in science