Yale university professor Thomas Steitz was one of three scientists in various parts of the world who have spent the better part of 30 years trying to solve the puzzle of the ribosome, the protein-making factory for all living organisms.
For their work, Steitz and the others were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Steitz’s work also provided the technological basis for Rib-X Pharmaceuticals in New Haven. Rib-X is developing new antibiotics that target infectious cells’ ribosomes.
