来自美国康涅狄格州纽黑文市耶鲁大学的生物物理学家托马斯·施泰茨获得了2009年诺贝尔化学奖,获奖成果是核糖体结构和功能的认识——在细胞内按核糖核酸指示构造蛋白质的机制。施泰茨1940年出生在美国威斯康星州密尔沃基市,是家里五个孩子中最大的。高中时施泰茨是公认的中等生,直到与成绩优秀的弟弟产生竞争才使他积极起来。施泰茨还是一位音乐家以及唱诗班歌手,在最终开始科学追求前曾经思考过是否以音乐为生。 Thomas Sternitz, a biophysicist from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his recognition of the structure and function of the ribosome - constructing proteins in the cell on the basis of RNA Mechanisms. Born in 1940 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Stets was the largest of five children in the family. Stets was a recognized middle school student in high school and did not make him active until he competed with his elite younger brother. Stetsitz is also a musician and choir singer who wondered if music was a living before finally starting his scientific quest.