Donald F. Steiner

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Donald Frederick Steiner (born July 15, 1930 in Lima , Ohio , † November 11, 2014 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American biochemist, known for work on the biosynthesis of insulin .

Steiner studied at the University of Cincinnati (Bachelor in Chemistry and Zoology 1952) and the University of Chicago , where he made his Masters degree in Biochemistry in 1956 and received his PhD in the same year (MD). He is a professor at the University of Chicago ( AN Pritzer Professor at Howard Hughes Medical Center).

In 1967 Steiner researched how the two-chain insulin is created from its single-chain predecessor molecule , proinsulin .

In 1971 he received the Gairdner Foundation International Award , in 1976 the Banting Medal of the American Diabetes Association , in 1979 the Passano Award , in 1984 the Wolf Prize in Medicine and in 1990 the Fred Conrad Koch Award . He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1972, the National Academy of Sciences in 1975 and the American Philosophical Society in 2004 . He died on November 11, 2014 at his Chicago home at the age of 84.

Individual evidence

  1. Steiner, PE Oyer: The Biosynthesis of Insulin and a Probable Precursor of Insulin by a Human Islet Cell Adenoma. In: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Volume 57, 1967, pp. 473-480, PMC 335530 (free full text).
  2. Aten, Cunningham, Spigelman, Steiner: Insulin Biosynthesis: Evidence for a Precursor. In: Science . Volume 157, 1967, pp. 697-700, PMID 4291105 , doi: 10.1126 / science.157.3789.697 .
  3. Denise Grady: Dr. Donald F. Steiner, Diabetes Researcher, Dies at 84. In: The New York Times, November 21, 2014 (accessed November 23, 2014).