We benefit tremendously from the E.U. Britain does very well in getting back E.U. money for the amount it puts in. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Read Quote
There’s a perception out there that the U.K. has become unfriendly to immigrants. Even if that isn’t true, the very fact that that is the perception will make people not even want to come. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Read Quote
I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Read Quote
I started working on ribosomes when I was a post doc, in 1978, when it would have been impossible, really, to solve it. But, it was just a fundamental problem in biology. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Read Quote
I began studying ribosomes as a postdoctoral fellow in Peter Moore’s laboratory in 1978. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Read Quote
During the decade following the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA, the problem of translation – namely, how genetic information is used to synthesize proteins – was a central topic in molecular biology. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Read Quote
It’s not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Read Quote
We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Read Quote
I was born in 1952 in Chidambaram, an ancient temple town in Tamil Nadu best known for its temple of Nataraja, the lord of dance. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Read Quote
I think we are intrinsically prone to being irrational and superstitious. A lot of it comes from our fear of the unknown and the fear of a lack of control over our fate. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Read Quote