Steitz, Joan A.

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  • Author(s): N. W. M.
  • Source:
    Current Biography. Jun2007, Vol. 68 Issue 6, p76-81. 6p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      STEITZ, Joan A.; WOMEN molecular biologists; WOMEN scientists
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED StatesReport Available
    • Abstract:
      A biography of molecular biologist Joan A. Steitz is presented. She was born Joan Elaine Argetsinger on January 26, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Steitz attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She worked in the laboratory of Alex Rich at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Steitz holds the title of Sterling professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry at the Yale University School of Medicine.