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Susan Lindquist

Susan Lindquist

Whitehead and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Academy of Sciences National Medal of Science

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Susan Lindquist was a member and former Director of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. She was also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in biology from Harvard and was a postdoctoral fellow of the American Cancer Society. Lindquist was on the faculty of the University of Chicago for over 20 years before moving to MIT in 2001.

A pioneer in the study of protein folding, Lindquist found that the chaperone Hsp90 potentiates and buffers the effects of genetic variation, fueling evolutionary mechanisms as diverse as malignant transformation and the emergence of drug resistance. Her work established the molecular basis for protein-based mechanisms of inheritance and she demonstrated that Hsp90 and prions each provide distinct but feasible mechanisms of Lamarckian inheritance.

Dr. Lindquist was an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Medicine and the Royal Society. Her honors also included the Dickson Prize in Medicine, the Otto-Warburg Prize, the Genetics Society of America Medal, the FASEB Excellence in Science Award, the E.B. Wilson Medal, the Vanderbilt Prize for Women’s Excellence in Science and Mentorship and the National Medal of Science. Learn more about Susan Lindquist’s research here.

Dr. Lindquist was a great scientist and a long time supporter of iBiology and we were deeply saddened to learn of her death from cancer in October 2016.

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Protein Folding, Prions, and Disease

Susan Lindquist explains how prions provide a protein-based mechanism of inheritance that allows organisms to develop new traits, quickly and reversibly. (Talk recorded in July 2016)

  • Part 1: Protein Folding in Infectious Disease and Cancer
    Part 1: Protein Folding in Infectious Disease and Cancer
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 21:04
  • Part 2: Protein Folding in Neurodegenerative Disease
    Part 2: Protein Folding in Neurodegenerative Disease
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 26:24
  • Part 3: Hsp 90: a Driver of Novelty in Evolution
    Part 3: Hsp 90: a Driver of Novelty in Evolution
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 58:46
  • Part 4: Prions: Protein Elements of Genetic Diversity
    Part 4: Prions: Protein Elements of Genetic Diversity
    Audience:
    • Researcher
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 47:11

Protein Folding and Disease

Susan Lindquist discusses the incredible diversity of protein structures, the importance of proper protein folding, and the problems that arise when proteins are misfolded. (Talk recorded in January 2015)

Susan Lindquist
Audience:
  • General Public
  • Student
  • Researcher
  • Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
  • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 23:11

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