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90
Citations
36196
World Ranking
2403
National Ranking
166

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Nobel Prize for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
  • 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1991 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Venki Ramakrishnan is affiliated with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the United Kingdom. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specific focus on Molecular Biology as a subfield.

The scientist's main topics of work span RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, as well as RNA research and splicing. Additional research interests include olfactory and sensory function studies, viral infections and immunology research, advanced chemical sensor technologies, and allergic rhinitis and sensitization.

Venki Ramakrishnan has a record of publishing in multiple academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Rhinology Journal
  • Science
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Their recent papers encompass a range of peer-reviewed journals and cover various aspects of molecular biology and translational mechanisms. Notable recent publications include:

  • Structure of a human 48 S translational initiation complex, 2020, Science
  • The molecular basis of translation initiation and its regulation in eukaryotes, 2023, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Position paper on olfactory dysfunction: 2023, 2023, Rhinology Journal
  • Elongational stalling activates mitoribosome-associated quality control, 2020, Science
  • The structure of a human translation initiation complex reveals two independent roles for the helicase eIF4A, 2024, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Venki Ramakrishnan frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Yuliya Gordiyenko
  • Jailson Brito Querido
  • Masaaki Sokabe
  • Christopher S. Fraser
  • Irene Díaz-López

Apart from journal articles, Venki Ramakrishnan has contributed to academic literature through book publications. One such example is the book Migration, published in 2020 by Cambridge University Press.

The scientist has been recognized with several awards throughout their career, including the Nobel Prize in 2009 for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome. Other distinctions feature membership of the National Academy of Sciences (2004), fellowship of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom (2003), and fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1991).

Best Publications

  • Structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit.

    Brian T. Wimberly;Ditlev E. Brodersen;William M. Clemons;William M. Clemons;Robert J. Morgan-Warren

  • Functional insights from the structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit and its interactions with antibiotics

    Andrew P. Carter;William M. Clemons;William M. Clemons;Ditlev E. Brodersen;Robert J. Morgan-Warren

  • Structure of the 70S Ribosome Complexed with mRNA and tRNA

    Maria Selmer;Christine M. Dunham;Frank V. Murphy;Albert Weixlbaumer

  • Recognition of Cognate Transfer RNA by the 30S Ribosomal Subunit

    James M. Ogle;Ditlev E. Brodersen;William M. Clemons;Michael J. Tarry

  • Ribosome Structure and the Mechanism of Translation

    V. Ramakrishnan

  • The structural basis for the action of the antibiotics tetracycline, pactamycin, and hygromycin B on the 30S ribosomal subunit

    Ditlev E. Brodersen;William M. Clemons;William M. Clemons;Andrew P. Carter;Robert J. Morgan-Warren

  • Crystal structure of globular domain of histone H5 and its implications for nucleosome binding

    V Ramakrishnan;J T Finch;V Graziano;P L Lee

  • What recent ribosome structures have revealed about the mechanism of translation

    T. Martin Schmeing;V. Ramakrishnan

  • Selection of tRNA by the Ribosome Requires a Transition from an Open to a Closed Form

    James M. Ogle;Frank V. Murphy;Michael J. Tarry;V. Ramakrishnan

  • STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS INTO TRANSLATIONAL FIDELITY

    James M. Ogle;V. Ramakrishnan

  • Structure of the yeast mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit

    Alexey Amunts;Alan Brown;Xiao Chen Bai;Jose L. Llácer

  • A new system for naming ribosomal proteins

    Nenad Ban;Roland Beckmann;Jamie H D Cate;Jonathan D Dinman

  • The structure of the human mitochondrial ribosome

    Alexey Amunts;Alan Brown;Jaan Toots;Sjors H. W. Scheres

  • The crystal structure of the ribosome bound to EF-Tu and aminoacyl-tRNA.

    T. Martin Schmeing;Rebecca M. Voorhees;Ann C. Kelley;Yong-Gui Gao

  • The structure of the ribosome with elongation factor G trapped in the posttranslocational state.

    Yong-Gui Gao;Maria Selmer;Christine M. Dunham;Albert Weixlbaumer

  • Crystal structure of an initiation factor bound to the 30S ribosomal subunit.

    Andrew P. Carter;William M. Clemons;Ditlev E. Brodersen;Robert J. Morgan-Warren

  • Crystal structure of the 30 S ribosomal subunit from Thermus thermophilus: structure of the proteins and their interactions with 16 S RNA.

    Ditlev E. Brodersen;William M. Clemons;Andrew P. Carter;Brian T. Wimberly

  • Insights into the decoding mechanism from recent ribosome structures

    James M. Ogle;Andrew P. Carter;V. Ramakrishnan

  • The Structure of the Yeast Mitochondrial Large Ribosomal Subunit

    Alan Brown;Alexey Amunts;Xiao-chen Bai;Jose Llácer

  • Structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit

    D. Brodersen;A. Carter;W. Clemons;R. Morgan-Warren

Frequent Co-Authors

Ramanujan S. Hegde
Ramanujan S. Hegde MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Stephen W. White
Stephen W. White St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Jon R. Lorsch
Jon R. Lorsch National Institutes of Health
Jack Taunton
Jack Taunton University of California, San Francisco
Peter B. Moore
Peter B. Moore Yale University
Donald M. Engelman
Donald M. Engelman Yale University
Joachim Frank
Joachim Frank Columbia University
Alan G. Hinnebusch
Alan G. Hinnebusch National Institutes of Health
Garib N. Murshudov
Garib N. Murshudov MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Tsutomu Suzuki
Tsutomu Suzuki University of Tokyo

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