Ada Yonath vs Paul Nurse
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Compare the life timelines of Ada Yonath (1939–2026) and Paul Nurse (1949–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 77 years, from 1949 to 2026.
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Ada Yonath (1939–2026)
- — Born in Jerusalem Verified
- — Took a bachelor's degree in chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Verified
- — Completed a master's degree in biochemistry Verified
- — Awarded a doctorate by the Weizmann Institute of Science Verified
- — Established Israel's first protein crystallography laboratory Verified
- — Obtained the first crystals of a ribosomal subunit Verified
- — Led a Max Planck research unit in Hamburg Verified
- — Published high-resolution structures of ribosomal subunits Verified
- — Awarded the Wolf Prize in Chemistry Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Verified
- — Died
Paul Nurse (1949–present)
- — Born in Norwich, England Verified
- — Graduated in biology from the University of Birmingham Verified
- — Married Anne Harrison Verified
- — Completed a PhD at the University of East Anglia Verified
- — Became Director-General of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Verified
- — Knighted for services to cancer research and cell biology Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Verified
- — Became President of Rockefeller University in New York Verified
- — Served as President of the Royal Society Verified
- — Appointed founding Director of the Francis Crick Institute Verified