RECOGNITION
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ACCORDING TO STRUCTURAL
yet, shrouded in mystery ever since
BIOLOGIST VENK ATRAMAN
the discovery of the double-helix
"VENKI" RAMAKRISHNAN,
structure of DNA 50 years earlier.
“WE ALL HAVE IMPOSTER SYNDROME,” A PHENOMENON
“Everything in the cell is either made
DESCRIBED AS SELF-DOUBT
by the ribosome or made by enzymes
OF INTELLECT, SKILLS, OR
that are themselves made by the
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AMONG
ribosome,” he said. The event was co-
HIGH-ACHIEVING INDIVIDUALS.
sponsored by the U's Department of Biochemistry, U Health, and NHMU. His
In a much-anticipated lecture at
presentation ended with a spectacular
the College of Science’s Frontiers
animation which is featured in a new
of Science on September 27,
exhibit dedicated to the ribosome on
Ramakrishnan detailed “My
the fourth floor of the NHMU.
Adventures in the Ribosome.” It was a stirring finish for Venki With a warm reminder to the
Ramakrishnan, co-recipient of the
standing-room-only crowd at the
Nobel prize in chemistry, who brought
Natural History Museum of Utah
it all up to scale when he closed the
(NHMU) he explained that there were
evening by saying, “During the time
setbacks, re-directs, and moments
you've been listening to me, the
of doubt for the structural biologist
thousands of ribosomes in each of your
who helped solve the structure of
cells have been churning out tens of
biology's most important molecule
thousands of proteins as we speak." <
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