“I knew the ribosome was going to be the focus of Nobel prizes. It stands at the crossroads of biology, between the gene and what comes out of the gene. But I had convinced myself I was not going to be a winner.”

— Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

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

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