Susan Lindquist (born 5 June 1949) is a well-known molecular biologist studying (among other things) the effects of protein folding and heat-shock proteins. Lindquist is a member and former Director of the Whitehead Institute. Lindquist is best known for her research that provided strong evidence for a new paradigm in genetics based upon the inheritance of proteins with new, self-perpetuating shapes rather than new DNA sequences. Wikipedia
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