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                                        gptkbp:instanceOf
                                    
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                                            gptkb:person
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:almaMater
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Harvard_University
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Lawrence_University
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:awardReceived
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Gairdner_Foundation_International_Award
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Massry_Prize
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Keio_Medical_Science_Prize
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:birthDate
                                    
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                                            1940-08-23
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:birthPlace
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Milwaukee,_Wisconsin,_USA
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:deathDate
                                    
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                                            2018-10-09
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:deathPlace
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Branford,_Connecticut,_USA
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor
                                    
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                                            gptkb:William_N._Lipscomb,_Jr.
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:doctoralStudent
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Andrej_Sali
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Jinzhong_Lin
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Nenad_Ban
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Yifan_Cheng
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:employer
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Yale_University
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:field
                                    
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                                            biochemistry
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            structural biology
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:fullName
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Thomas_Arthur_Steitz
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:knownFor
                                    
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                                            ribosome structure
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:memberOf
                                    
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                                            gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:nationality
                                    
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                                            gptkb:American
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation
                                    
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                                            studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith
                                    
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                                            gptkb:Ada_Yonath
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Venkatraman_Ramakrishnan
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            2009
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:notablePublication
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Crystal_structure_of_the_large_ribosomal_subunit_from_Deinococcus_radiodurans
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            A structural understanding of the dynamic ribosome machine
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            The structural basis of ribosome activity in peptide bond synthesis
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:occupation
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:chemist
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:professor
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:researchInterest
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            X-ray crystallography
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            ribosomal structure
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:spouse
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Joan_Steitz
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:bfsParent
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Venkatraman_Ramakrishnan
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Sir_Venki_Ramakrishnan
                                        
                                         
                                    
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                                        gptkbp:bfsLayer
                                    
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                                            Tom Steitz
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
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