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Thomas A. Steitz

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American biochemist (1940-2018)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1940 to 2018 · aged 78
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Thomas Arthur Steitz 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.

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2014honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux
2011Foreign Member of the Royal Society
2009Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2007Canada Gairdner International Award
2007Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2006Keio Medical Science Prize
2000Rosenstiel Award
2000Sir Hans Krebs Medal
1980Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry
Sterling Professor
Honorary Doctorate of University of Buenos Aires
Newcomb Cleveland Prize

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Koichi TanakaAlso won Keio Medical Science PrizeRobert A. DahlAlso won Sterling ProfessorMax PerutzAlso won Sir Hans Krebs MedalCarl WiemanAlso won Newcomb Cleveland PrizeDavid HarveyAlso won Honorary Doctorate of University of Buenos AiresErnst ChainAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux

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Country
United States
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Academics
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Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1940 to 2018 · aged 78
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