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Venki Ramakrishnan

Venki Ramakrishnan is president of the Royal Society and deputy director of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge

May 2020

  • Venkatraman ‘Venki’ Ramakrishnan, president of the Royal Society.

    Everyone wants to 'follow the science'. But we can't waste time on blame

    Venki Ramakrishnan
    The Royal Society president says scientists must not be made scapegoats for policy failures

February 2016

  • We should be as unwilling to show an ignorance of science as we would be of literature.

    More than ever, science must be central to all our lives

    Venki Ramakrishnan
    Venki Ramakrishnan, the new Royal Society president, reflects on the double standard that still prioritises the arts above other disciplines
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