Thomas A. Steitz

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.

Thomas Steitz
Steitz in 2009
Born
Thomas Arthur Steitz

(1940-08-23)August 23, 1940
DiedOctober 9, 2018(2018-10-09) (aged 78)
Alma materWauwatosa High School, Lawrence University, Harvard University
Known forBio-crystallography
SpouseJoan A. Steitz
Children1
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, University of California, Berkeley
ThesisThe 6⁰A crystal structure of carboxypeptidase A (1967)
Doctoral advisorWilliam N. Lipscomb, Jr.
Other academic advisorsDavid M. Blow
Notable studentsNenad Ban
Websitesteitzlab.yale.edu

Steitz was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada Yonath "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome". Steitz also won the Gairdner International Award in 2007 "for his studies on the structure and function of the ribosome which showed that the peptidyl transferase (EC 2.3.2.12) was an RNA catalyzed reaction, and for revealing the mechanism of inhibition of this function by antibiotics".

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