Susan Lindquist
Susan Lindquist | |
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Susan Lindquist in 2015, portrait via the Royal Society | |
| Born | Susan Lee Lindquist June 5, 1949 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | October 27, 2016 (aged 67) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Known for | protein folding heat-shock proteins prions |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Molecular biology |
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| Thesis | Protein and RNA synthesis induced by heat treatment in Drosophila melanogaster tissue culture cells (1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Matthew Meselson |
| Website | lindquistlab |
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.