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Which university did Venki Ramakrishnan join in 1999?

  • Oxford

  • Cambridge

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  • UCL

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Cambridge University welcomed Venki Ramakrishnan in 1999. He became a Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology member and a professor of structural biology. Ramakrishnan's groundbreaking research on the structure and function of ribosomes earned him the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, shared with Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath.
Decoding the Double Helix: The Life and Legacy of Venki Ramakrishnan

Decoding the Double Helix: The Life and Legacy of Venki Ramakrishnan

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