Ada Yonath vs Yoshinori Ohsumi
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Compare the life timelines of Ada Yonath (1939–2026) and Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 81 years, from 1945 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
Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945–present)
- — Born in Fukuoka, Japan Verified
- — Graduated from the University of Tokyo Verified
- — Postdoctoral research at Rockefeller University in New York Verified
- — Received his doctorate from the University of Tokyo Verified
- — Established his own laboratory at the University of Tokyo Verified
- — Published his observation of autophagy in yeast Verified
- — Identified genes essential for autophagy Verified
- — Appointed professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology Verified
- — Awarded the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Verified