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Thomas Arthur Steitz
Thomas Arthur Steitz is an American biochemist, professor of molecular biology and sterling biochemistry at Yale University, and a researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, best known for his pioneering work on the ribosome. Steitz was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada Yonath "for research on the structure and function of the ribosome". Steitz also won the 2007 Gairdner International Award "for his work on ribosome structure and function showing that peptidyl transferase is a reaction catalyzed by RNA and reveals mechanisms of inhibition of function. the antibiotic "
BornThomas Arthur Steitz, August 23, 1940, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedOctober 09, 2018, Branford, Connecticut, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
FieldsCrystallography, Structural biology
InstitutionsHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University
Alma materWauwatosa High School, Lawrence College, Harvard University
ThesisThe 6⁰A crystal structure of carboxypeptidase A (1967)
Other academic advisorsDavid M. Blow
Notable studentsNenad Ban
Known forBio-crystallography
Notable awardsSir Hans Krebs Medal (2000), Keio Medical Science Prize (2006), Gairdner Foundation International Award (2007), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2009), ForMemRS (2011)
SpouseJoan A. Steitz
Children1

About Thomas Arthur Steitz

Physicist Thomas Arthur Steitz was born in Wisconsin, United States on August 23, 1940. He dies at the age of 78, on October 9, 2018.

Professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for his research on ribosome structure and function.

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Thomas Arthur Steitz before becoming famous

Thomas Arthur Steitz was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Lion), and 1940 is also the year of Dragon (龍) in the Chinese Zodiac.

In 1962, he earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Lawrence University.

Achievement of Thomas Arthur Steitz

In 2007, he was also awarded the Gairdner International Award.

Thomas Arthur Steitz's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Joan, his wife, and he married in 1966 and had a son together.

Thomas Arthur Steitz Collabed with

While pursuing his Ph.D. in biochemistry at Harvard University, he worked under the leadership of Chemist William Lipscomb.

Thomas Arthur Steitz Income & Net worth

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