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Susan L. Lindquist

American molecular biologist
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Also known as: Susan Lee Lindquist, Susan McKenzie
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Category: Science & Tech
In full:
Susan Lee Lindquist
Née:
Susan McKenzie
Born:
June 5, 1949, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died:
October 27, 2016, Cambridge, Massachusetts (aged 67)
Awards And Honors:
National Medal of Science (2009)
Subjects Of Study:
RNA splicing
eukaryote
gene regulation
prion
yeast
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Susan L. Lindquist (born June 5, 1949, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died October 27, 2016, Cambridge, Massachusetts) American molecular biologist who made key discoveries concerning protein folding and who was among the first to discover that in yeast inherited traits can be passed to offspring via misfolded proteins known as prions. Lindquist received a bachelor’s degree (1971) in microbiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a doctorate (1976) in biology from Harvard University. She then became a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago, where she later joined the faculty (1978) of the department of molecular genetics and cell biology. ...(100 of 641 words)

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