தமிழருக்கு நோபல் பரிசு - வேதியியல்

தமிழ்நாடு சிதம்பரத்தில் பிறந்த டாக்டர் வெங்கட்ராமன் ராமகிருஷ்ணனுக்கு வேதியியலுக்கான நோபல் பரிசு அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Born in 1952 in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, Ramakrishnan completed his PhD in Physics in 1976 from Ohio University, US.

He is the Group Leader at the Structural Studies Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.

செய்தி: நன்றி: Rediff.com

UK based Indian origin scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Chemistry along with American Thomas A Steitz and Isreali scientist Ada E Yonath.

The trio were awarded for their study of the structure and function of the ribosome, one of life's core processes.

Ribosomes produce proteins, which in turn control the chemistry in all living organisms. As ribosomes are crucial to life, they are also a major target for new antibiotics.