Background
Lindquist, Susan Lee was born on June 5, 1949.
Lindquist, Susan Lee was born on June 5, 1949.
Bachelor in Microbiology with honors, University Illinois, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Harvard University, 1976.
Assistant professor department molecular biology University Chicago, 1978-1984, associate professor, 1984—1999, full professor, 1988, Albert D. Lasker professor medical sciences, 1999—2001, investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1988—2001. Director Whitehead Institute Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2001—2004, member, since 2001. Professor biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 2001.
Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, since 2006. Member committee genetics, committee development biology University Chicago, since 1999. Consultant Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, 1983-1987.
Visiting scholar Cambridge University, 1983. Consultant, principal in film Lights Breaking, 1985. Member science advisory committee Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, since 1997.
Board directors Johnson & Johnson, since 2004. Lecturer in field.
Fellow American Academy Microbiology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Science. Member American Society Cell Biology, American Society Microbiology, Federation American Scientists for Experimental Biology, Genetics Society of America (former secretary), Molecular Medicine Society, Institute Medicine.