The Reference Frame: 2009 chemistry Nobel prize: ribosome

Two Americans and an Israeli scientist won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for atom-by-atom mapping of the protein-making factories within cells — a feat that has spurred the development of antibiotics.
October 6th, 2009 List of recent Nobel Prize in chemistry winnersRecent winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation: — 2008: Osamu Shimomura, Japan, and Martin Chalfie and Roger Y.