Thomas A. Steitz receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Thomas A. Steitz after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Close-up of the Nobel Laureates in Chemistry (from left to right): Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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The 2009 Nobel Laureates stand for the Swedish national anthem (from left to right): Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle, George E. Smith, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, Ada E. Yonath, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, Jack W. Szostak, Herta Müller, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Thomas A. Steitz with his wife, Joan Argetsinger Steitz, family and colleagues, after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Jonathan Glenn Steitz (left) shakes hands with his father, Thomas A. Steitz (right), in front of the bust of Alfred Nobel after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Seated at the table of honour at the Nobel Banquet are (from left to right): Nobel Laureate Thomas A. Steitz, Crown Princess Victoria and Nobel Laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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From left to right: Princess Madeleine, Crown Princess Victoria, Nobel Laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Mrs Vera Rosenberry Ramakrishnan, Hagith Yonath, Nobel Laureate Ada E. Yonath, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Her Majesty Queen Silvia, Joan Argetsinger Steitz, Nobel Laureate Thomas A. Steitz, and Prince Carl Philip at the Nobel Banquet. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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The 2009 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation, 12 December 2009. Back row, left to right: Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Ada E. Yonath and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine Jack W. Szostak and Carol W. Greider, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Thomas A. Steitz, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Elizabeth H. Blackburn, and Nobel Laureate in Physics George E. Smith. Front row, left to right: Nobel Laureate in Physics Willard S. Boyle, Laureate in Economic Sciences Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Laureate in Literature Herta Müller and Laureate in Economic Sciences, Oliver E. Williamson. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath after delivering their Nobel Lectures at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Thomas A. Steitz delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Thomas A. Steitz with colleagues during the reception at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, 7 December 2009. From left: Poul Nissen, Nenad Ban, Nobel Laureate Thomas Steitz and Jeff Hansen. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (centre), with fellow Chemistry Laureates Ada E. Yonath (left) and Thomas A. Steitz (right) during their interview with Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2009. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2009
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Ada E. Yonath (left), Thomas A. Steitz (center) and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (right) leaves the interview with Nobelprize.org at Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, 6 December 2009. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2009
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Thomas A. Steitz surrounded by models of molecular structures.

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Thomas A. Steitz and members of his laboratory on the day of the announcement of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Thomas A. Steitz and the 'Ribosome Team' at Yale University. From left: Nenad Ban, Thomas A. Steitz, Peter Moore and Poul Nissen, all involved in the ribosome project that led to the award.

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Thomas A. Steitz (left) and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (right) in Erice, Sicily, 2006.

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Ada Yonath (left) and Thomas A. Steitz (right) in Sandhamn, Sweden, 2003.

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