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Published as SubjectThomas Steitz
Dates
August 23, 1940 – October 9, 2018
Authorized Form of Name
Steitz, Thomas, A.
Additional Forms of Names
Steitz, Thomas, 1940-
Steitz, Thomas, A., 1940-2018
Biography
Abstract
Thomas A. Steitz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009, alongside Ada E. Yonath and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome." He was affiliated with Yale University for most of his career.
Important Dates
August 23, 1940Birth, Milwaukee (Wis.).
1962Obtained BSc in Chemistry, Lawrence College, Appleton (Wis.).
1966Obtained PhD in Biochemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1967 – 1970Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge (England).
1970 – 2018Assistant Professor and Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1976 – 1977Macy Fellow, University of Gottingen (Universität Göttingen), Göttingen (Germany).
1980Awarded the Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, American Chemical Society.
1984Fairchild Scholar, California Institute of Technology.
1986 – 2018Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
1990Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1992 – 1993Visiting Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder.
2001Awarded the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
2001Awarded the Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research, Brandeis University.
2006Awarded the Keio Medical Science Prize, Keio University.
2009Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Ada E. Yonath and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome".
October 9, 2018Death, New Haven (Conn.).
Occupation
Biochemist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Ban, Nenad
Collaborated on the structure of ribosomes, Yale University.
Blow, D. M. (David Merwyn)
Steitz was a part of Blow's research group at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge.
Brünger, Axel-Thomas 1956-
Collaborated on structural biology research, Yale University.
Doudna, Jennifer A.
Collaborated on structural biology research, Yale University.
Fletterick, Robert J., 1943-
Advised by Steitz at Yale University.
Hartley, B. S.
Advisor at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge.
Henderson, Richard, 1945-
Collaborated on finding the structure of chymotrypsin complexes, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge.
Kaplan, Daniel L.
Advised by Steitz at Yale University.
Lipscomb, William N.
PhD advisor at Harvard University.
Moore, Peter B. 1939-
Collaborated on structural biology research, Yale University.
Rice, Phoebe A.
Advised by Steitz at Yale University.
Richards, Frederic M. (Frederic Middlebrook)
Collaborated on structural biology research, Yale University.
Richmond, Timothy J.
Advised by Steitz at Yale University.
Rosenberg, Robert M., 1926-
Advisor at Lawrence College.
Sigler, Paul B.
Collaborated on structural biology research, Yale University.
Wyckoff, Harold W.
Collaborated on structural biology research, Yale University.
Additional
Perutz, Max F.
Shares 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome."
Shares 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome."
Institutions
Major Positions
California Institute of Technology
Fairchild Distinguished Scholar.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Investigator.
University of Cambridge
Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
University of Colorado Boulder
Visiting Professor.
Yale University. Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Assistant Professor and Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Awarded the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize (2001).
American Chemical Society
Awarded the Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry (1980).
Brandeis University
Awarded the Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research (2001).
Harvard University
Received PhD in Biochemistry (1966).
Keiō Gijuku Daigaku
Awarded the Keio Medical Science Prize (2006).
Lawrence College (Appleton, Wis.)
Received BSc In Chemistry (1962).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Universität Göttingen
Macy Fellow.
Resources
Published Resources
Subject
Thomas A. Steitz New York Times obituary.