Ada Yonath vs Tasuku Honjo
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Compare the life timelines of Ada Yonath (1939–2026) and Tasuku Honjo (1942–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 84 years, from 1942 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
Tasuku Honjo (1942–present)
- — Born in Kyoto, Japan Verified
- — Graduated from the Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine Verified
- — Research fellowship in the United States Verified
- — Awarded a PhD by Kyoto University Verified
- — Appointed professor at Osaka University Verified
- — Appointed professor at Kyoto University Verified
- — Identified the immune receptor PD-1 Verified
- — Identified activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) Verified
- — Received the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Verified