Joan A. Steitz

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American scientist RNA biologist human molecular biologist

Joan A. Steitz is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work on RNA biology and the discovery of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) involved in RNA splicing.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American scientist ⓘ RNA biologist ⓘ human ⓘ molecular biologist ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in biochemistry ⓘ
awardReceived	Gairdner Foundation International Award ⓘ Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science ⓘ Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ Pearl Meister Greengard Prize ⓘ RNA Society Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ Van Gysel Prize for Biomedical Research ⓘ Weizmann Women and Science Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	James Watson ⓘ surface form: James D. Watson
educatedAt	Antioch College ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ
employer	Yale University ⓘ
familyName	Steitz ⓘ
fieldOfWork	RNA biology ⓘ biochemistry ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ
givenName	Joan ⓘ
influenced	development of modern RNA biology ⓘ
knownFor	discovery of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) ⓘ elucidation of RNA splicing mechanisms ⓘ pioneering work on non-coding RNA ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ American Philosophical Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
name	Joan A. Steitz self-link ⓘ
notableStudent	Thomas Steitz ⓘ surface form: Thomas A. Steitz
notableWork	identification of snRNPs as key components of the spliceosome ⓘ mapping of RNA-protein interactions in ribonucleoprotein particles ⓘ
positionHeld	Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University ⓘ investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute ⓘ
researchFocus	RNA splicing ⓘ RNA-protein complexes ⓘ non-coding RNA in gene regulation ⓘ small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) ⓘ small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
spouse	Thomas Steitz ⓘ surface form: Thomas A. Steitz
workplace	Yale School of Medicine ⓘ surface form: Yale University School of Medicine

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Yale School of Medicine → hasNotableFaculty → Joan A. Steitz ⓘ

Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science → notableRecipient → Joan A. Steitz ⓘ

Joan A. Steitz → name → Joan A. Steitz self-link ⓘ

Thomas Steitz → spouse → Joan A. Steitz ⓘ

Sherman Weissman → notableStudent → Joan A. Steitz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Joan Steitz