Marina Rodnina
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Marina V. Rodnina (born 19 November 1960) is a German biochemist.[1]
Born in Kiev, Rodnina studied biology at the University of Kiev and obtained her PhD in molecular biology and genetics in 1989.[2] From 1990 to 1992, she was a research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Witten/Herdecke University.[2] Afterwards, she was a research assistant at the same university and she received her habilitation in 1997.[2] From 1998 to 2008, she was a professor at the Witten/Herdecke University.[2] Since 2008, she is a scientific member and the director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry.[2]
Research
Rodnina's research focuses on protein synthesis by and function on the ribosome.[3] In collaboration with colleagues, she was the first to visualize the activity of a ribosome with the help of a 3D cryo-electron microscope.[3]
