Venki Ramakrishnan

A biologist’s road to the Nobel In his new book Gene Machine, structural biologist and Royal Society president Venki Ramakrishnan tells the story of his path to the Nobel Prize. He thoughtfully embeds his trajectory in a wider meditation on how scientists make the decisions that lead to success or failure — and on how they struggle to solve complex problems. Ramakrishnan credits his wife, artist Vera Rosenberry, with keeping him grounded; on hearing of his prize, she said, “I thought you had to be really smart to win one of those!” Nature | 6 min read