The Nobel Prize in chemistry 2009 for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome photo: U, Montal photo: U. Montan photo: U, Montan Venkatraman Thomas A steitz Ada e. yonath Ramakrishnan o 1/3 of the prize o 1/3 of the prize O 1/3 of the prize United Kingdom Israel MRC Laboratory of Yale University Weizmann Institute of Molecular Biology New Haven, CT, USA Science Rehovot, israel Kingdom Institute b.1952 b.1940 b.1939 (in Chidambaram, Tamil