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]
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]
Rodnina is a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. [1] [3] She was awarded the Hans Neurath Award in 2015, [4] the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2016, [5] and the Otto Warburg Medal in 2019. [6]
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