Susan Lindquist

American geneticist, molecular biologist, and university teacher (1949-2016) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 67

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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2016Died27 October 2016Rosenstiel AwardAward2015Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward2014Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical ScienceAward2012E. B. Wilson MedalAward2010Honorary Doctor of Harvard UniversityAwardMendel MedalAward2009FASEB Excellence in Science AwardAwardOesper AwardAward2008Genetics Society of America MedalAwardOtto Warburg MedalAward2007Nevada MedalAward2004WICB Senior AwardAward2003Dickson Prize in MedicineAward1996Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward1949Born5 June 1949

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