Susan L. Lindquist

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Susan L. Lindquist

American molecular biologist

Also known as: Susan Lee Lindquist, Susan McKenzie

Written by Kara Rogers

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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; heat-shock protein; prion; protein; yeast

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Susan L. Lindquist (born June 5, 1949, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died October 27, 2016, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an 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 ...(100 of 643 words)

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