“I remember reading a Scientific American article about the use of new physical techniques – including neutron scattering – as a method for unravelling the structure of the ribosome. I was fascinated. I knew ribosomes were a big fundamental problem in science and this was a method for chipping away at it.”

—  Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

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

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