Donald Frederick Steiner(July 15, 1930 – November 11, 2014)[1]was anAmericanbiochemistand a professor at theUniversity of Chicago.[2]
Donald Frederick Steiner | |
|---|---|
 Steiner in his lab in the mid-1970s | |
| Born | July 15, 1930 |
| Died | November 11, 2014(aged 84) |
| Education | University of Cincinnati,University of Chicago,M.D. (1956). |
| Known for | Discovery of proinsulin |
| Awards | Canada Gairdner International Award,Banting Medal of theAmerican Diabetes Association, Wolf Prize in Medicine,honorary doctorate atUppsala University,Sweden, memberAmerican Philosophical Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
Birth and education
editDonald F. Steiner was born in 1930 in Lima, Ohio. He completed his B.S. inChemistryandZoologyfrom theUniversity of Cincinnatiin 1952. He completed his M.S. in biochemistry and his M.D. from theUniversity of Chicagoin 1956.[3]He then completed his medical and research training – with an internship atKing County Hospitaland residency/post-doctoral research at theUniversity of Washington– before returning to the University of Chicago as a faculty member in 1960.[3]
Career
editSteiner was promoted to full professor in 1968, and became chair of the department of biochemistry in 1973.[3]From 1985 to 2006, Steiner was a senior investigator of theHoward Hughes Medical Institute.[3]
In 1972, Steiner was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The following year, he was elected to theNational Academy of Sciences.[3]
He died in Chicago on November 11, 2014.[1]
Research
editDonald F. Steiner is known for his work in diabetes research, protein processing, and hormone biology.[3]In 1967, he published his discovery ofproinsulin,precursor to the active hormone insulin.[3][4]He and his colleagues discovered some of the enzymes that convert proinsulin into insulin, and also devised methods for measuring insulin and its precursors in human serum.
Awards
edit- In 1970 he received the Ernst Oppenheimer Award for the Endocrine Society
- In 1971 he received theCanada Gairdner International Award
- In 1976 he received the Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement from the American Diabetes Association
- In 1984/5, he was awarded theWolf Prize in Medicinefor "his discoveries concerning the bio-synthesis and processing of insulin which have had profound implications for basic biology and clinical medicine".[5][6]
- In 1993, he received anhonorary doctoratefrom the faculty of medicine atUppsala University,Sweden[7]
- In 2004, he was elected to theAmerican Philosophical Society[8]
- In 2014, he received the University of Chicago Alumni Medal[9]
References
edit- ^abChicago Tribune obituary
- ^Donald F Steiner at the University of ChicagoArchivedNovember 29, 2014, at theWayback Machine
- ^abcdefgWeiss MA, Chan SJ (2015)."Remembering donald f. Steiner".Front Endocrinol (Lausanne).6:57.doi:10.3389/fendo.2015.00057.PMC4415467.PMID25983719.
- ^Steiner DF, Cunningham D, Spigelman L, Aten B (August 1967). "Insulin biosynthesis: evidence for a precursor".Science.157(3789): 697–700.Bibcode:1967Sci...157..697S.doi:10.1126/science.157.3789.697.PMID4291105.S2CID29382220.
- ^"Donald F. Steiner Winner of Wolf Prize in Medicine - 1985".Archived fromthe originalon 2017-04-18.Retrieved2014-11-18.
- ^Biochemist Wins Wolf Prize
- ^"Honorary doctorates - Uppsala University, Sweden".9 June 2023.
- ^"APS Member History".search.amphilsoc.org.Retrieved2021-06-10.
- ^2014 University of Chicago Alumni Medalist Donald F. Steiner