Susan Lindquist

Susan Lindquist
Susan Lindquist
	Susan Lindquist in 2015, portrait via the Royal Society
Born	Susan Lee Lindquist; June 5, 1949; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	October 27, 2016 (aged 67); Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard University; University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign;
Known for	protein folding; heat-shock proteins; prions
Awards	Dickson Prize (2003); Genetics Society of America Medal (2008); FASEB Excellence in Science Award (2009); National Medal of Science (2010); Mendel Medal (2010); E. B. Wilson Medal (2012); ForMemRS (2015);
	Scientific career
Fields	Molecular biology
Institutions	Whitehead Institute; MIT; HHMI; University of Chicago;
Thesis	Protein and RNA synthesis induced by heat treatment in Drosophila melanogaster tissue culture cells (1976)
Doctoral advisor	Matthew Meselson
Website	lindquistlab.wi.mit.edu

Susan Lee Lindquist, ForMemRS (June 5, 1949 – October 27, 2016) was an American professor of biology at MIT specializing in molecular biology, particularly the protein folding problem within a family of molecules known as heat-shock proteins, and prions. Lindquist was a member and former director of the Whitehead Institute and was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2010.

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