Thomas Steitz

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Nobel laureate biochemist human structural biologist

Thomas Steitz was an American biochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering structural studies of the ribosome.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate ⓘ
biochemist ⓘ
human ⓘ
structural biologist ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ
awardReceived AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize ⓘ
Gairdner Foundation International Award ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ
Rosenstiel Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor William N. Lipscomb Jr. ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
Lawrence University ⓘ
employer University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
familyName Steitz ⓘ
fieldOfWork biochemistry ⓘ
crystallography ⓘ
ribosome research ⓘ
structural biology ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
influenced development of antibiotic design targeting the ribosome ⓘ
knownFor determining the atomic structure of the large ribosomal subunit ⓘ
elucidating the mechanism of protein synthesis ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
American Philosophical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory Chemistry ⓘ
NobelPrizeMotivation studies of the structure and function of the ribosome ⓘ
notableWork structural studies of the ribosome ⓘ
occupation biochemist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
researchMethod X-ray crystallography ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sharesNobelPrizeWith Ada Yonath ⓘ
surface form: Ada E. Yonath

Venki Ramakrishnan ⓘ
surface form: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
spouse Joan A. Steitz ⓘ
studied protein synthesis ⓘ
ribosome ⓘ
workLocation Berkeley ⓘ
surface form: Berkeley, California

New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ

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Venki Ramakrishnan → sharedNobelPrizeWith → Thomas Steitz ⓘ
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Joan A. Steitz → notableStudent → Thomas Steitz ⓘ
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Joan A. Steitz → spouse → Thomas Steitz ⓘ
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William N. Lipscomb Jr. → doctoralStudent → Thomas Steitz ⓘ