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Joan A. Steitz

1941 - Today

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Joan Elaine Argetsinger Steitz (born January 26, 1941) is an American biochemist and molecular biologist, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She also serves as the Director of the Molecular Genetics Program at the Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine. She is known for her discoveries involving RNA, including insights into how ribosomes interact with messenger RNA by complementary base pairing and that introns are spliced by small nuclear ribonucleic proteins (snRNPs), which occur in eukaryotes. In September 2018, Steitz won the Lasker-Koshland Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joan A. Steitz is the 1,077th most popular biologist (down from 1,068th in 2019), the 14,643rd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,817th in 2019) and the 184th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Joan A. Steitz ranks 1,077 out of 1,097. Before her are Fanny Hesse, Maurice Kottelat, Susan Lindquist, Suzanne Cory, Steve Jones, and Jerry Coyne. After her are Gita Ramjee, Peter Dodson, Xu Xing, Huda Zoghbi, Jill Bolte Taylor, and George Don.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Joan A. Steitz ranks 635. Before her are Robert Hunter, Ulis Williams, Jan Lehane, Guy Clark, Anita Lonsbrough, and Elaine Showalter. After her are Dorothy Hyman, Lamont Dozier, Mel Winkler, Christine Truman, Martha Reeves, and Lucious Jackson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan A. Steitz ranks 14,647 out of 20,380. Before her are George B. Cortelyou (1862), Robin Finck (1971), Catherine Dent (1965), Paul Silas (1943), David Henrie (1989), and Sophie B. Hawkins (1964). After her are Scott Porter (1979), Ben Falcone (1973), Richard Carle (1871), Charlie Day (1976), Penny Pritzker (1959), and John LeCompt (1973).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Joan A. Steitz ranks 184. Before her are Storrs L. Olson (1944), Rita R. Colwell (1934), Eugenie Clark (1922), Fanny Hesse (1850), Susan Lindquist (1949), and Jerry Coyne (1949). After her are Peter Dodson (1946), Jill Bolte Taylor (1959), Ben Barres (1954), Neil Shubin (1960), PZ Myers (1957), and Maria Van Kerkhove (1977).

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