'Venki's work as important as penicillin discovery'

“Venki’s work on the ribosome... could prove as relevant to human health as the discovery of penicillin itself,” Lord Paul Drayson said. 

“By relentlessly exploring the arrangements of atoms in the ribosome, Venki and his team have been helping in the design of antibiotics and laying the foundation of synthetic biology,” Drayson said.