Prof. Ada Yonet is on the list of potential winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for researching the function and structure of the ribosome. Today we will know

Chemistry experts estimate that Yonet has a good chance because her field is still waiting for a Nobel Prize. She also remains the only woman after Elizabeth Blackburn and Carl Greider to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their field.

List of potential winners:
The traffic that crosses the cell membrane - this finding is one of the most fundamental discoveries in cell biology - James Rothman and Rand Ishakman.
Intercellular signaling - Tony Hunter may be credited for the discovery of phospho-tyrosine, Tony Pawson for the field of protein signaling, Van Hull for G-protein switches, and perhaps Leo Canaly for the tunable lipid signals such as IP3.
Deciphering the structure of a virus for the first time - Steven Harrison and Michael Roseman
The field of ribosome structure and function - a leading candidate, and here the list is long - Peter Moore, Tom Steitz, Venky Ramakrishnan, Harry Noler and Ada Yonet. The writer estimates that some of the writers will receive the prize in medicine and some in chemistry.
In one area, Palazzo was indeed right - he named Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Shostak for the discovery of telomeres, but they had already received the Medicine of the Year award on Monday.
Complex Biological Structures - Don Wiley might have won but he passed away, there are too many winners to name.
The discovery of stem cells - James Till and Ernest McCulloch who won the Lasker Prize in 2006, and the discovery of IPS cells (inducible stem cells - adult programmable stem cells) - Shinya Yamanka.

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