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Thomas A. Steitz | |
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| Born | August 23, 1940 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Wauwatosa High School, Lawrence College, Harvard University |
| Known for | Bio-crystallography |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2009). |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Crystallography |
| Institutions | Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University |
Thomas Arthur Steitz (born August 23, 1940) is a Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Steitz was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome".[1] Steitz also won the Gairdner International Award in 2007[2] "for his studies on the structure and function of the ribosome which showed that the peptidyl transferase was an RNA catalyzed reaction, and for revealing the mechanism of inhibition of this function by antibiotics".[3]
Steitz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1] Steitz studied chemistry as an undergraduate at Lawrence College and received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Harvard University in 1966. He is married to Joan A. Steitz, also a Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale.
References
- ^ a b 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Foundation.
- ^ Tom Steitz, Thomas Steitz Lab.
- ^ Thomas A. Steitz, The Gairdner 50 Foundation.
External links
- "Inquisitiveness of Milwaukee native leads to a Nobel Prize", The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
