Joan A. Steitz

American biochemist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1941 · age 85

Joan Elaine Argetsinger Steitz is an American biochemist and molecular biologist, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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2021Wolf Prize in MedicineAward2018Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical ScienceAward2015Murray Goodman Memorial PrizeAward2013Grand Prize of the French Academy of ScienceAward2012Pearl Meister Greengard PrizeAward2011Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cancer ResearchAwardMore about this2008Albany Medical Center PrizeAward2005E. B. Wilson MedalAward2003FASEB Excellence in Science AwardAward2001Rosenstiel AwardAward2000Max Delbrück MedalAward1992Keith R. Porter LectureAward1989Dickson Prize in ScienceAward1982NAS Award in Molecular BiologyAward1941Born26 January 1941

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Wolf Prize in Medicine2021

Warren Alpert Foundation Prize2021

Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science2018

Murray Goodman Memorial Prize2015

Foreign Member of the Royal Society2014

Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science2013

Pearl Meister Greengard Prize2012

Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science2012

Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cancer Research2011

Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame2008

Albany Medical Center Prize2008

Canada Gairdner International Award2006

E. B. Wilson Medal2005

Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize2004

FASEB Excellence in Science Award2003

L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science2001

Rosenstiel Award2001

Max Delbrück Medal2000

Weizmann Women & Science Award1994

Keith R. Porter Lecture1992

Dickson Prize in Science1989

National Medal of Science1986

NAS Award in Molecular Biology1982

Sterling Professor

Honorary Doctor of Brandeis University

Honorary Doctor of Harvard University

Honorary Doctorate from the University of British Columbia

Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine

About this person

She also serves as the Director of the Molecular Genetics Program at the Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine. She is known for her discoveries involving RNA, including insights into how ribosomes interact with messenger RNA by complementary base pairing and that introns are spliced by small nuclear ribonucleic proteins (snRNPs), which occur in eukaryotes. In September 2018, Steitz won the Lasker-Koshland Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science. The Lasker award is often referred to as the 'American Nobel' because 87 of the former recipients have gone on to win Nobel prizes.

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