Marina Rodnina Explained

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

Life

Born in Kyiv, Rodnina studied biology at the University of Kyiv and obtained her PhD in molecular biology and genetics in 1989.[1] From 1990 to 1992, she was a research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Witten/Herdecke University. Afterwards, she was a research assistant at the same university and she received her habilitation in 1997. From 1998 to 2008, she was a professor at the Witten/Herdecke University. Since 2008, she is a scientific member and the director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry.

Research

Rodnina's research focuses on protein synthesis by and function on the ribosome.[2] In collaboration with colleagues, she was the first to visualize the activity of a ribosome with the help of a 3D cryo-electron microscope.

Awards

Rodnina is a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[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. Web site: Rodnina, Marina M.V.. www.mpg.de. en. 28 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Mitgliederverzeichnis. www.leopoldina.org. de. 28 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Prof. Dr. Marina Rodnina: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (AdW). adw-goe.de. 28 December 2018.
  4. Web site: The Protein Society : Protein Society Awards. www.proteinsociety.org. 28 December 2018.
  5. Web site: DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – Leibniz-Preise 2016: DFG zeichnet drei Wissenschaftlerinnen und sieben Wissenschaftler aus. www.dfg.de. 28 December 2018.
  6. Web site: Otto Warburg Medal 2019 for Prof. Dr. Marina Rodnina. GBM. 4 April 2020.