List of Famous people with last name Steitz

Joan A. Steitz

Joan Argetsinger

First Name Joan

Last Name Steitz

Born on January 26, 1941 (age 85)

Born in United States of America, Minnesota

Joan Elaine Argetsinger Steitz is Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She is known for her discoveries involving RNA, including ground-breaking 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. The Lasker award is often referred to as the 'American Nobel' because 87 of the former recipients have gone on to win Nobel prizes.

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Christel Steitz

First Name Christel

Born on October 9, 1939 (age 86)

Born in Germany, Hesse

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Ralph Peter Steitz

First Name Ralph

Last Name Steitz

Born on January 14, 1950 (age 76)

Born in France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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Manuel Steitz

First Name Manuel

Last Name Steitz

Born on March 21, 1994 (age 32)

Born in Germany, Bavaria

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