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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Nobel prize winning American and British structural biologist
Person human Q60061

Facts

28 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[33]
Date of birth
1952, April 4, 1952[8]
Place of birth
Chidambaram
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Ethnic group
India[11]
Occupation
biologist, chemist, biophysicist, biochemist, molecular biologist, Nobel Prize winner[12]
Employer
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Yale University[16]
Field of work
biochemistry, computational biology, molecular biology[13][14][15]
Position held
President of the Royal Society
Educated at
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Ohio University, University of California, San Diego[17][18]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Padma Vibhushan in Science & Engineering, Sir Hans Krebs Medal, EMBO Membership, Knight Bachelor, Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine, Order of Merit, Honorary member of the British Biophysical Society[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
Mother
R. Rajalakshmi[9]
Sibling
Lalita Ramakrishnan
Official website
www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk[38]
Doctoral student
William M Clemons[34]
Student of
Tomoyasu Tanaka[39]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[41]
Affiliation string
Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Different from
E. V. Ramakrishnan[43]
Family name
Ramakrishnan[36]
Given name
Venkatraman[37]
Interested in
biophysics[44]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Biography, WikiProject Scientists and academics, WikiProject India, WikiProject Tamil Nadu, WikiProject United States, WikiProject Asian Americans, WikiProject Biology, WikiProject Molecular Biology, WikiProject Molecular and Cell Biology, WikiProject Biophysics
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Member of
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences, European Molecular Biology Organization, Indian National Science Academy[28][29][30][31][32]
Name in native language
வெங்கட்ராமன் ராமகிருஷ்ணன்[42]
Participant in
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015[40]
Residence
Cambridgeshire[35]
🏷️ Also known as
en Venkatraman "Venki" Ramakrishnan en Venki Ramakrishnan en V. Ramakrishnan en Venkatraman Ramakrishnan ar فينكاترامان راماكريشنان de Ramakrishnan de Venki Ramakrishnan de V. Ramakrishnan fa ونکاترامان راماکریشنان fi Venki Ramakrishnan he ונקטרמן רמאקרישנן hi वैंकटरमन रामाकृष्णन hi वेंकटरमन रामकृष्णन hi वेंकटरमन रामकृष्णनन hi वेंकटरामन रामकृष्णन hi वेंकटरामन् रामकृष्णन् hi वैंकटरामन रामाकृष्णन ja ヴェンカトラマン・ラマクリシュナン ja ベンカトラマン・ラマクリシュナン ko 벤카트라만 라마크리슈난
🔖 Identifiers · 69
ISNI
0000000137023036
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4699-2194
VIAF cluster ID
320144783026901656504, 103876583
Library of Congress authority ID
n2018184882
GND ID
1165588048
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Venki Ramakrishnan.jpg ↗
Academic Tree ID
52381, 565360
Adelphi author ID
2291
BBC Things ID
224723ec-ba48-4280-b960-02723179610c
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
ramakrishnan-venkatraman
CANTIC ID
981061212004706706
CBDB.cz author ID
238218
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CONOR.SI ID
323386467
CiNii Research ID
1140000791738263168
DDB person (GND) ID
1165588048
De Agostini ID
Ramakrishnan,+Venkatraman+
ELNET ID
a12351805
EMBO member ID
venki-ramakrishnan
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Venkatraman-Ramakrishnan
FactGrid item ID
Lake Constance train ferries
Fellow of the Royal Society ID
12139
Freebase ID
/m/09bn34
Google Scholar author ID
oTI5BjIAAAAJ
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
venkatraman-ramakrishnan
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0516711
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Venkatraman_Ramakrishnan
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3493057
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
ramakrishnan-venkatraman-e67e91
Guggenheim fellows ID
venkatraman-ramakrishnan
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
69876
IdRef ID
265613035
JRC Names ID
1170098
Leopoldina member ID (new)
venkatraman-ramakrishnan
Libris-URI
n97tbl71lq9c0pvg
Munzinger person ID
00000028052
MusicBrainz artist ID
a545bae4-e241-4785-9f96-744bcba5561b
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA19219739
NDL Authority ID
033963911
NE.se ID
venkatraman-ramakrishnan
NL CR AUT ID
jo20191050357
NLAI ID
1498009
NLB authority ID (Belarus)
SEK-ar13845841
NLP ID
a0000003258598
NSK (VIAF) ID
000818429
NUKAT ID
n2021082473
National Academy of Sciences member ID
20004810
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007414107205171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202460821
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:C/3G;=r5
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810688256805606
National Library of Portugal ID
1974788
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp152767
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
419764321
Nobel Laureate API ID
841
Notable Names Database ID
898/000208274
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
4961325
Physics History Network ID
11807015
Prabook ID
315706
Quora topic ID
Venkatraman-Ramakrishnan-3
RERO ID (legacy)
A013661559
SBN author ID
RAVV696737
SVKKL authority ID
0447276-Ramakrishnan-Venki-1952
Scopus author ID
15733878000
The Conversation author ID
269302
U.S. Copyright Office Public Records System name ID
Ramakrishnan, Venki
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
venkatraman-ramakrishnan
Wellcome Collection concept ID
bd9kajvw
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmhVbgTHWKBvmywRyFYfq
Yale LUX ID
person/b1f5b991-87bb-4ce6-9130-5cc385cb5d79

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🔗 Connections
Award received 9
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Fellow of the Royal Society, Order of Merit, Knight Bachelor, Guggenheim Fellowship, Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine, Sir Hans Krebs Medal, Honorary member of the British Biophysical Society +1 more
Maintained by WikiProject 5
WikiProject Biography, WikiProject Biology, WikiProject United States, WikiProject India, WikiProject Molecular and Cell Biology
Member of 5
Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Indian National Science Academy, European Molecular Biology Organization
Occupation 5
chemist, biologist, biochemist, molecular biologist, biophysicist
Educated at 3
University of California, San Diego, Ohio University, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Employer 3
Yale University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Field of work 3
biochemistry, molecular biology, computational biology
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Instance of 1
human
Interested in 1
biophysics
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Chidambaram
Residence 1
Cambridgeshire
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Lalita Ramakrishnan
Siblings 1
Lalita Ramakrishnan
← SNARC ID 1
Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery
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Summary

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was born in 1952[1] in Chidambaram[2]. He has worked as a biologist[3], chemist[4], biophysicist[5], biochemist[6], and molecular biologist[7].

FAQs

Where was Venkatraman Ramakrishnan born?

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was born in Chidambaram[2].

Who were Venkatraman Ramakrishnan's parents?

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan's mother was R. Rajalakshmi[9].

What did Venkatraman Ramakrishnan do for work?

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan worked as a biologist[3], chemist[4], biophysicist[5], biochemist[6], and molecular biologist[7].

Where did Venkatraman Ramakrishnan go to school?

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was educated at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda[17] and University of California, San Diego[18].

What awards did Venkatraman Ramakrishnan receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[19], Nobel Prize in Chemistry[20], Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering[21], and Sir Hans Krebs Medal[22].

Related Entities

biochemistry biophysics Brookhaven National Laboratory computational biology Laboratory of Molecular Biology United States

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  15. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved . www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. Retrieved . gf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . nobelprize.org. Retrieved . nobelprize.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . thehindu.com. thehindu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [1] ↑ . Munzinger Personen. wikidata.org.
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  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . Davos 2015 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  42. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. 6w ago · SergeiRevkov · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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