Prof. Ada Yonath of the Weizmann Institute, who deciphered the structure of the ribosome and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009, passed away on August 31, 2026. Over decades of research, she persisted with questions that were considered almost impossible, contributed to understanding the mechanism of action of antibiotics, and warned of the crisis of bacterial resistance. In interviews with the Haydan website, she spoke about the unexpected path to science and the perseverance it took to reach the breakthrough.