Joan A. Steitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Joan A. Steitz

American biochemist

Date of Birth: 26-Jan-1941

Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Profession: biologist, university teacher, biochemist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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About Joan A. Steitz

  • Joan Elaine Argetsinger Steitz (born January 26, 1941) is Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
  • She is known for her discoveries involving RNA, including ground-breaking 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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