[1]Indian-born American scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome, was on Saturday honoured with a knighthood in the 2012 New Year Honours list.
The list is issued annually by Queen Elizabeth II to recognise outstanding achievements and service across the whole of the United Kingdom.
Dr Ramakrishnan, who was awarded a Padma Vibhushan by the Indian government in 2010, has been conducting his research at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge.
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