Siden 1999 har han arbejdet som leder for en gruppe på  [[Medical Research Council (United Kingdom)|Medical Research Council]] (MRC) [[Laboratory of Molecular Biology]] (LMB) på [[Cambridge Biomedical Campus]], hvor han også er underdirektør.<ref>{{Cite journal 
| last1 = Nair | first1 = Prashant
| doi = 10.1073/pnas.1113044108 
| title = Profile of Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
| journal = [[Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]] 
| year = 2011 
| pmid = 21914843 
| pmc =3179092
 | volume=108
 | issue=38
 | pages=15676–15678
}} {{open access}}</ref><ref name=bbc>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010063036/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31869779|archivedate=2015-10-10|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31869779|publisher=[[BBC News]]|location=London|title=Biologist Venki Ramakrishnan to lead Royal Society|date=2015-03-18}}</ref>
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