Marina Rodnina

Marina V. Rodnina ( Ukrainian Марина Володимирівна Родніна Maryna Wolodymyriwna Rodnina * 19th November 1960 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) is a German biochemist Ukrainian descent and Director of the Department of Physical Biochemistry at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen . Her research focuses on how the ribosomes , the protein factories of cells, work.

Career

Marina Rodnina studied biology and received her PhD in molecular biology from Kiev University in 1989 . As a scholarship holder of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation , she came to the University of Witten-Herdecke in 1990 , where she worked as a research assistant from 1992 and qualified as a professor in 1997. From 1998 to 2008 she was a professor in Witten-Herdecke . Since 2008 she has been director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. She has been a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) since 2004 and of the Leopoldina since 2008 .

Act

Rodnina is an expert in large protein complexes . She was able to develop new methods for studying the functions of ribosomes and contributed to the elucidation of protein biosynthesis . Together with colleagues, she was able to create a film sequence of the ribosome activity for the first time.

Awards

2015: Hans Neurath Award from the Protein Society
2016: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
2019: Otto Warburg Medal
2020: Albrecht Kossel Prize

Web links

Department of Physical Biochemistry of Marina Rodnina at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen
Marina Rodnina in the AcademiaNet database of renowned women scientists

Individual evidence

^ English curriculum vitae on one page of the MPG
↑ Member entry of Marina Rodnina (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 19, 2016.
↑ Press release of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry from December 10, 2015.
↑ Press release of the German Research Foundation (DFG) from December 10, 2015.
↑ Karin J. Schmitz: Marina Rodnina receives Albrecht Kossel Prize - biochemist honored for her research on the function of the ribosome. Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, press release from February 13, 2020 from the Science Information Service (idw-online.de), accessed on February 13, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Rodnina, Marina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rodnina, Marina V .; Родніна, Марина Володимирівна (Ukrainian); Rodnina, Maryna Wolodymyriwna (uk-latn)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-Ukrainian biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 19, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kiev , Ukrainian SSR

[1] English curriculum vitae on one page of the MPG

[2] Member entry of Marina Rodnina (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 19, 2016.

[3] Press release of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry from December 10, 2015.

[4] Press release of the German Research Foundation (DFG) from December 10, 2015.

[5] Karin J. Schmitz: Marina Rodnina receives Albrecht Kossel Prize - biochemist honored for her research on the function of the ribosome. Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, press release from February 13, 2020 from the Science Information Service (idw-online.de), accessed on February 13, 2020.