# Ada Yonath, First Israeli Chemistry Nobel Laureate, Dies at 87

Ada Yonath, the first Israeli woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has died at age 87.

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The Israeli chemistry Nobel laureate Ada Yonath has died at the age of 87. [^1]

The Weizmann Institute in Rehovot reported that Israeli structural biologist Ada Yonath died on 2026-08-31 at age 87. [^2]

The Weizmann Institute stated that Yonath's decades of scientific work significantly contributed to understanding the mechanism of various antibiotics and helped pave the way for developing new antibiotics to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria. [^3]

Ada Yonath pioneered cryo-bio-crystallography, cooling ribosome crystals to -185 degrees Celsius to limit radiation damage, a technique now standard in structural biology. [^4]

## What this stands on

1. The Israeli chemistry Nobel laureate Ada Yonath has died at the age of 87. (DIE ZEIT, News)
2. The Weizmann Institute in Rehovot reported that Israeli structural biologist Ada Yonath died on 2026-08-31 at age 87. (DER STANDARD, News)
3. The Weizmann Institute stated that Yonath's decades of scientific work significantly contributed to understanding the mechanism of various antibiotics and helped pave the way for developing new antibiotics to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (DIE ZEIT, News)
4. Ada Yonath pioneered cryo-bio-crystallography, cooling ribosome crystals to -185 degrees Celsius to limit radiation damage, a technique now standard in structural biology. (DER STANDARD, News)

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