Thomas A. Steitz

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Lawrence_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Gairdner_Foundation_International_Award
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Louisa_Gross_Horwitz_Prize
gptkb:Massry_Prize
gptkb:Keio_Medical_Science_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1940-08-23
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Milwaukee,_Wisconsin,_USA
gptkbp:category Nobel laureates in Chemistry
Yale University faculty
American biochemists
gptkbp:deathDate 2018-10-09
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Branford,_Connecticut,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:William_N._Lipscomb,_Jr.
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Jinwei_Zhang
gptkb:Nenad_Ban
gptkb:Yifan_Cheng
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Annual_Review_of_Biophysics_and_Biomolecular_Structure
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:field biochemistry
structural biology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thomas A. Steitz
gptkbp:knownFor ribosome structure
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Ada_Yonath
gptkb:Venkatraman_Ramakrishnan
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 2009
studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Jinwei_Zhang
gptkb:Nenad_Ban
gptkb:Yifan_Cheng
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
chemist
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Crystal_structure_of_the_large_ribosomal_subunit_from_Deinococcus_radiodurans
Structural basis for the function of the ribosome
X-ray crystallographic studies of ribosomal subunits
A structural understanding of the dynamic ribosome machine
gptkbp:residence gptkb:New_Haven,_Connecticut,_USA
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Joan_A._Steitz
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:gene
X-ray crystallography
protein synthesis
ribosome
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gptkb:Jamie_Cate
gptkb:Sir_Venki_Ramakrishnan
gptkb:William_Nunn_Lipscomb_Jr.
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