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Thomas A. Steitz

Chemistry

Thomas A. Steitz was an American biochemist, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, best known for his pioneering work on the ribosome. He was awarded a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada Yonath.

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Birth Year
1940 1
Death Date
2018-10-09 1
Death Year
2018 1
Death Place
Branford, United States 1
Nationality
United States 1
Birthplace
Milwaukee, United States 1
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Physics 1
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Chemistry 1
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Biology 1
Field (category)
Materials Science 1
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1. Thomas A. Steitz (Wikidata)
  • P570 (date of death): year
    +2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
  • P570 (date of death): full date
    +2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P20 (place of death): Branford, United States
    Q898484
  • P19 (place of birth): Milwaukee, United States
    Q37836
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Thomas A. Steitz (Wikipedia)
  • Works In: Biochemistry, Lead sentence
    Thomas Arthur Steitz (August 23, 1940, October 9, 2018) was an American biochemist, a Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University, and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, best known for his pioneering work on the ribosome.
  • Member Of: Royal Society, Article text
    * Elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 2011 ==Private life== He
  • Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Categories
    Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
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