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Joan A. Steitz

Joan Argetsinger

American biochemist.

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Sex or Gender

Female

Country of Citizenship

United States

Occupation

Biologist
Biochemist
University Teacher
Biophysicist

Date of Birth

1/26/1941

Instance Of

Human

Educated At

Harvard University
 ( - 1967)
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Philosophy
End Time
: 1967
Antioch College
 ( - 1963)
Academic Degree
:
Bachelor of Science
Academic Major
:
Chemistry
End Time
: 1963

Given Name

Joan
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Member Of

National Academy of Sciences
 (1983 - )
Start Time
: 1983
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Academia Europaea
 (2002 - )
Affiliation
:
AE Section Cell and Developmental Biology
Start Time
: 2002
Royal Society
 (2014)
Point in Time
: 2014
New York Academy of Medicine

Award Received

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Canada Gairdner International Award
 (2006)
Point in Time
: 2006
L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science
 (2001)
Point in Time
: 2001
NAS Award in Molecular Biology
 (1982)
Point in Time
: 1982
E. B. Wilson Medal
 (2005)
Point in Time
: 2005
Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize
 (2004)
Point in Time
: 2004
National Medal of Science
 (1986)
Point in Time
: 1986
FASEB Excellence in Science Award
 (2003)
Point in Time
: 2003
Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame
 (2008)
Point in Time
: 2008
Albany Medical Center Prize
 (2008)
Point in Time
: 2008
Max Delbrück Medal
 (2000)
Point in Time
: 2000
Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
 (2012)
Point in Time
: 2012
Rosenstiel Award
 (2001)
Point in Time
: 2001
Keith R. Porter Lecture
 (1992)
Point in Time
: 1992
Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science
 (2013)
Point in Time
: 2013
Sterling Professor
Weizmann Women & Science Award
 (1994)
Point in Time
: 1994
Dickson Prize in Science
 (1989)
Point in Time
: 1989
Robert J. And Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cancer Research
 (2011)
Point in Time
: 2011
Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
 (2018)
Point in Time
: 2018
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
 (2014)
Point in Time
: 2014
Announcement Date
: 4/30/2014
Honorary Doctor of Brandeis University
Honorary Doctor of Harvard University
Honorary Doctorate From the University of British Columbia
Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine
Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
 (2012)
Point in Time
: 2012
Wolf Prize in Medicine
 (2021)
Point in Time
: 2021
Murray Goodman Memorial Prize
 (2015)
Point in Time
: 2015
Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
 (2021)
Award Rationale
: For the discovery of fundamental pathways and mechanisms that ensure accurate RNA splicing and quality control of gene expression involving RNA. Mutations in these pathways account for many human diseases.
Point in Time
: 2021

Place of Birth

Minneapolis

Residence

United States

Spouse

Thomas A. Steitz

Doctoral Advisor

James Watson

Employer

Yale University

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Birth Name

Joan Argetsinger

Family Name

Steitz
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Argetsinger
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Influenced By

James Watson

Academic Degree

Doctor of Philosophy

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Name in Native Language

Joan A. Steitz

Field of Work

Biophysics
Biochemistry
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