THOMAS A. STEITZ

2009 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.

• Born: August 23, 1940
• Place of birth: Milwaukee, WI
• Nationality: United States
• Residence: United States
• Affiliation: Yale University, New Haven, CT
  • Address:
    Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry Department
    Yale University
    266 Whitney Avenue
    P.O. Box 208114
    New Haven, CT 06520-8114
    
• Tel: (203)432-5617
• Fax: (203)432-3282
• E-mail: thomas.steitz@yale.edu
• Education:
  • B.A. Lawrence College, 1962
  • Ph.D. Harvard University, 1966

• The RNA World, 2nd edition (Monograph 37) (Cold Spring Harbor Monograph) by Raymond F. Gesteland (Author), Thomas R. Cech (Author), John F. Atkins (Author)
• Protein Synthesis and Ribosome Structure: Translating the Genome Edited by by Knud H. Nierhaus (Editor), Daniel N. Wilson (Editor)
• Structural Aspects Of Protein Synthesis by Anders Liljas
• Antibiotics: Actions, Origins, Resistance by Christopher Walsh
• Books on the Ribosome

• Prize co-recipient:Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
• Prize co-recipient:Ada E. Yonath
• Homepage
• Steitz Lab web page
• HHMI Webpage
• Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
• Wikipedia Entry
• About the Ribosome
• Protein chrystallography
• Macromolecular X-ray chrystallography
• Official award announcement and background
• Information on research from the Nobel Foundation
• Advanced Information on research from the Nobel Foundation
• Further reading
• Nobel Lecture

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