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Susan Lindquist

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American geneticist, molecular biologist, and university teacher (1949-2016)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1949 to 2016 · aged 67
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Susan Lee Lindquist, ForMemRS was an American professor of biology at MIT specializing in molecular biology, particularly the protein folding problem within a family of molecules known as heat-shock proteins, and prions.

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2016Albany Medical Center Prize
2016Rosenstiel Award
2015Foreign Member of the Royal Society
2014Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
2013Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize
2012E. B. Wilson Medal
2010Max Delbrück Medal
2010Mendel Medal
2010honorary doctor of Harvard University
2009National Medal of Science
2009FASEB Excellence in Science Award
2009Oesper Award
2008Harvard Centennial Medal
2008Otto Warburg Medal
2008Genetics Society of America Medal
2007Nevada Medal
2006William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement
2004WICB Senior Award
2003Dickson Prize in Medicine
2001Keith R. Porter Lecture
1996Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Martin ChalfieAlso won E. B. Wilson MedalMichael SheetzAlso won Keith R. Porter LectureBonnie L. BasslerAlso won FASEB Excellence in Science AwardAngelika AmonAlso won Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical ScienceRobert WeinbergAlso won Max Delbrück MedalSeymour BenzerAlso won Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize

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Susan Lee Lindquist, ForMemRS was an American professor of biology at MIT specializing in molecular biology, particularly the protein folding problem within a family of molecules known as heat-shock proteins, and prions. Lindquist was a member and former director of the Whitehead Institute and was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2010.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1949 to 2016 · aged 67
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