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Susan Lindquist

1949 - 2016

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Susan Lee Lindquist, ForMemRS (June 5, 1949 – October 27, 2016) was an American professor of biology at MIT specializing in molecular biology, particularly the protein folding problem within a family of molecules known as heat-shock proteins, and prions. Lindquist was a member and former director of the Whitehead Institute and was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Susan Lindquist is the 1,073rd most popular biologist (down from 1,063rd in 2019), the 14,144th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,633rd in 2019) and the 182nd most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Susan Lindquist ranks 1,073 out of 1,097. Before her are Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Eugenie Clark, Pamela C. Rasmussen, Fanny Hesse, and Maurice Kottelat. After her are Suzanne Cory, Steve Jones, Jerry Coyne, Joan A. Steitz, Gita Ramjee, and Peter Dodson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Susan Lindquist ranks 766. Before her are Tom Watson, Daniel Giger, Nigel Olsson, John Leckie, Robert D. Cabana, and Bruce Fairbairn. After her are Junior Murvin, Bruce E. Melnick, Dan Barker, Amama Mbabazi, Mike Boit, and Sue Hendrickson. Among people deceased in 2016, Susan Lindquist ranks 576. Before her are Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves, P. A. Sangma, Christina Grimmie, Viktor Gavrikov, Theresa Saldana, and Aleš Debeljak. After her are Mel Charles, Mike Oxley, Rob Ford, Janet Waldo, Dale Bumpers, and Filipe Machado.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Susan Lindquist ranks 14,148 out of 20,380. Before her are Derek Chauvin (1976), Susie Essman (1955), Christopher Lawford (1955), Lincoln Chafee (1953), Peter Chernin (1951), and Tony Alva (1957). After her are Loren Dean (1969), Willa Holland (1991), Ronald D. Moore (1964), Robert Smalls (1839), Derrick May (1963), and Blake Griffin (1989).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Susan Lindquist ranks 182. Before her are Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913), Irene Pepperberg (1949), Storrs L. Olson (1944), Rita R. Colwell (1934), Eugenie Clark (1922), and Fanny Hesse (1850). After her are Jerry Coyne (1949), Joan A. Steitz (1941), Peter Dodson (1946), Jill Bolte Taylor (1959), Ben Barres (1954), and Neil Shubin (1960).

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