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Jewish News 24 · Sep 1, 2026

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Professor Ada Yonath, the Israeli scientist who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her groundbreaking research into the ribosome, has died at the age of 87. Yonath, a senior researcher in the Department of Chemical and Structural Biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science, devoted decades of research to deciphering the structure and function of the ribosome, the cellular machinery responsible for producing proteins. Her work transformed scientists’ understanding of how antibiotics interact with bacterial ribosomes and helped pave the way for new treatments targeting antibiotic-resistant bacteria, one of the most pressing challenges in modern medicine.

Professor Ada Yonath, the Israeli scientist who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her groundbreaking research into the ribosome, has died at the age of 87. Yonath, a senior researcher in the Department of Chemical and Structural Biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science, devoted decades of research to deciphering the structure and function of the ribosome, the cellular machinery responsible for producing proteins. Her work transformed scientists’ understanding of how antibiotics interact with bacterial ribosomes and helped pave the way for new treatments targeting antibiotic-resistant bacteria, one of the most pressing challenges in modern medicine.

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