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Indian researcher recalls lifechanging mentorship of late Nobel laureate Ada Yonath

Indian researcher recalls lifechanging mentorship of late Nobel laureate Ada Yonath


Israeli chemist and Nobel Prize winner Ada Yonath, who passed away on August 30, at a press conference at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. Photo credit: AFP

Israeli chemist and Nobel Prize winner Ada Yonath, who passed away on August 30, at a press conference at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. Photo credit: AFP

In science, some discoveries change the way we understand life. Others change the lives of the people who make them. For Tanaya Bose, her years in the laboratory of late Nobel laureate Ada Yonath were marked by both. Yonath passed away on August 31, 2026 at 87.

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