Joan A. Steitz

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Joan Elaine Argetsinger Steitz (born January 26, 1941 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is an American biochemist and professor at Yale University in New Haven , Connecticut .

Life

Joan Steitz earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Antioch College in Yellow Springs , Ohio in 1963 and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Harvard University in Cambridge , Massachusetts . She worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Science Foundation in Arlington County , Virginia and the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge in the UK . From 1970 to 1978 she was assistant professor (1970 assistant professor, 1974 associate professor) and since 1978 full professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University in New Haven , Connecticut - interrupted by stays abroad at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology and the Max -Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen , Germany and a research stay at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California . In addition, she has been researching for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) since 1986 .

Joan A. Steitz was married to Thomas A. Steitz († 2018), who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 . The couple has a son.

Act

Steitz did pioneering work in the field of RNA research. She discovered the snRNP complexes and their function in connection with the removal of non-coding sections of the pre-mRNA and the joining of coding sections ( splicing ). She also discovered the spliceosome and was able to show how ribosomal RNA initiates the translation of the mRNA and that snoRNA are encoded within the introns and play an important role in the modification of various RNA molecules. More recent work deals with the effect of regulatory RNA from various viruses on genetic material of the host cell.

According to Google Scholar , Steitz (as of April 2019) has an h-index of 116.

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joan Steitz Honored with the Distinguished Albany Medical Center Prize. In: news.yale.edu. May 2, 2008, accessed January 24, 2016 .
  2. ^ A b Professor Joan Steitz ForMemRS at the Royal Society (royalsociety.org); accessed on May 1, 2014
  3. ↑ Joan A Steitz, PhD. In: medicine.yale.edu. Retrieved April 17, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Joan Steitz. In: scholar.google.de. Google Scholar , accessed April 20, 2019 .
  5. ^ The Passano Awards 1945–2009 at passanofoundation.org; Retrieved November 21, 2010
  6. ↑ Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry (PDF; 46 kB) Prize winner 1935 to 2011; Retrieved November 21, 2010
  7. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter S. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved April 17, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Joan A. Steitz at nsf.gov; Retrieved November 21, 2010
  9. ↑ Past Winners at cme.edu; Retrieved November 21, 2010
  10. ↑ American biochemist receives Max Delbrück Medal ( Memento from January 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at mdc-berlin.de; Retrieved November 21, 2010
  11. ↑ UNESCO L'Oréal Prize For Women in Science at unesco.de; Retrieved November 21, 2010
  12. ^ Past Winners - Rosenstiel Award - Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center - Brandeis University. In: brandeis.edu. Retrieved January 23, 2016 .
  13. ^ Membership directory: Joan A. Steitz. Academia Europaea, accessed January 20, 2018 .
  14. ^ Joan A. Steitz - Gairdner Foundation. In: gairdner.org. Retrieved April 17, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Albany Medical College: 2008. In: amc.edu. March 2011, accessed on January 23, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Steitz, Joan A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Argetsinger Steitz, Joan; Steitz, Joan Argetsinger; Steitz, Joan; Argetsinger, Joan; Steitz, Joan Elaine Argetsinger (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American biochemist and professor at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Minneapolis , Minnesota