Marina Rodnina

Marina V. Rodnina (born 19 November 1960) is a German biochemist.[1]

Life

Born in Kyiv, Rodnina studied biology at the University of Kyiv and obtained her PhD in molecular biology and genetics in 1989.[2] From 1990 to 1992, she was a research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Witten/Herdecke University.[2] Afterwards, she was a research assistant at the same university and she received her habilitation in 1997.[2] From 1998 to 2008, she was a professor at the Witten/Herdecke University.[2] Since 2008, she is a scientific member and the director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry.[2]

Research

Rodnina's research focuses on protein synthesis by and function on the ribosome.[3] In collaboration with colleagues, she was the first to visualize the activity of a ribosome with the help of a 3D cryo-electron microscope.[3]

Awards

Rodnina is a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[1][3] She was awarded the Hans Neurath Award in 2015,[4] the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2016,[5] and the Otto Warburg Medal in 2019.[6]

References
  1. "Prof. Dr. Marina Rodnina: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (AdW)". adw-goe.de. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. "Rodnina, Marina M.V." www.mpg.de. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. "Mitgliederverzeichnis". www.leopoldina.org (in German). Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  4. "The Protein Society : Protein Society Awards". www.proteinsociety.org. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  5. "DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – Leibniz-Preise 2016: DFG zeichnet drei Wissenschaftlerinnen und sieben Wissenschaftler aus". www.dfg.de. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  6. "Otto Warburg Medal 2019 for Prof. Dr. Marina Rodnina". GBM. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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