OU Physics Alumnus wins 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
There is exciting news today in that a graduate of our department,
Venki Ramakrishnan, has been selected to receive the 2009 Nobel Prize
in Chemistry. Venki received his PhD in physics from Ohio University
in 1976. His dissertation was in theoretical solid-state physics,
completed under the supervision of Prof. Tomo Tanaka. After finishing
his doctorate he shifted the direction of his research to emphasize
biochemistry and molecular biology. The Nobel Prize recognizes
Venki's fundamental work related to understanding the structure and
function of the ribosome.
Venki is currently a staff member at the
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, and a
Fellow of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. Venki was
on campus a year and a half ago, to receive the Arts and Sciences
Distinguished Alumnus Award and present a colloquium.
Further information on Venki Ramakrishnan can be found at:
http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/vr_nobel_prize.html
and
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/ .
Last modified on 10/07/2009
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