Thomas Steitz | |
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 Steitz in 2009 | |
| Born | Thomas Arthur Steitz August 23, 1940 |
| Died | October 9, 2018 (aged 78) Branford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Wauwatosa High School, Lawrence University, Harvard University |
| Known for | Bio-crystallography |
| Spouse | Joan A. Steitz |
| Children | 1 |
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| Scientific career | |
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| Institutions | Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | The 6⁰A crystal structure of carboxypeptidase A (1967) |
| Doctoral advisor | William N. Lipscomb, Jr. |
| Other academic advisors | David M. Blow |
| Notable students | Nenad Ban |
| Website | steitzlab |
Thomas Arthur Steitz (August 23, 1940 – October 9, 2018[2]) was an American biochemist, a Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University, and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, best known for his pioneering work on the ribosome.
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".[3] Steitz also won the Gairdner International Award in 2007[4] "for his studies on the structure and function of the ribosome which showed that the peptidyl transferase (EC 2.3.2.12) was an RNA catalyzed reaction, and for revealing the mechanism of inhibition of this function by antibiotics".[5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
frswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Kolata, Gina (10 October 2018). "Thomas A. Steitz, 78, Dies; Illuminated a Building Block of Life". The New York Times.
- ^ 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Foundation.
- ^ Thomas Steitz, Thomas Steitz Lab.
- ^ Thomas A. Steitz, The Gairdner 50 Foundation.