The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 has been jointly awarded to UK based scientist of Indian origin Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, American scientist Thomas A. Steitz and Israeli scientist Ada E. Yonath for their studies of the structure and function of the ribosome. Ramakrishnan, who is a senior scientist and Group Leader at the Structural Studies Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge, United Kingdom, was born in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu in 1952. He completed his B.Sc. in Physics from the Baroda University, Ph.D. in Physics from the Ohio University and went on to pursue his studies in biology as Graduate Student from the University of California, San Diego. Thomas A. Steitz serves as Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at the Yale University, CT, USA.Ada E. Yonath is the The Martin S. and Helen Kimmel Professor of Structural Biology and the director of the Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. According to the statement issued by the Nobel Committee, the trio won the award for their studies on ribosome's translation of DNA information into life. Actually, every cell in an organism contains DNA molecules and DNA molecule is that genetic material which carries all the heredity information of the organism. But, the DNA molecule is passive in itself and it is through the function of the ribosome that the heredity information carried by the DNA is translated into living matter. The ribosomes are the sites of protein synthesis in a cell and proteins are the building blocks of life at chemical level. The three … [Read more...]
Trivial facts about Animals, History and dreams
1. Shajahan: The famous Mughal emperor (India), who constructed the world famous Tajmahal and Red fort, etc., has been given the title, “Prince of builders”. 2. Sitar: This famous musical instrument was invented by “Ameer kushro” ( a musician in Mughal durbar). 3. Railway track under the sea in Japan: From “Hunue” (main land) to “Hokkedo”( an island in the sea) was laid down and the length of this underground tunnel is 54km. which is the longest of its kind in the world. 4. Mother and daughter on the "Mount Everest”, for the first time: Mrs. “Churl Burt” and her daughter “Nicky” (23 years),the residents of Sydney in Australia, climbed together the mount Everest and reached its top on 24th May, 2008 at 9.05 am as per the Australian standard of time. 5. Animals that make loudest noises: The Hilary monkeys of Alouta tribe in South America can make the loudest sounds which can be heard at a faraway distance of 15 km. 6. The biggest in size and heaviest animal: Blue whale. It is also called “Sulfur bottom whale. 7. Children’s growth: The children’s growth is more during winter season (compare to other seasons). The infants born in the month of “May” are usually 200 gram more in weight, than the weight of the infants, born in the rest of the months of the year. 8. Life expectancy: Left-handers live “9 years” more than the right-handers on an average. 9. Foot-ball players: They run for about 7 miles (11kilometers) in a single game (during one match) on an average. 10. Dreams in a year: An individual, usually dreams 1460 times in a year. The peculiar thing is nobody has any proof to deny that above statement; hence we have to believe that … [Read more...]
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