What did George Emil Palade discover?

George Emil Palade was a pioneering cell biologist who made significant contributions to our understanding of cellular structure and function. He is best known for his work on the ribosome, the cellular machinery responsible for protein synthesis, and for developing techniques in electron microscopy that allowed for detailed visualization of cellular components. His discoveries laid the foundation for modern cell Biology and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974, shared with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve.