Joe Lutkenhaus
Joe Lutkenhaus | |
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| Born | April 24, 1947 Decorah, Iowa |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Iowa State University University of California, Los Angeles |
| Known for | Discovering the Intracellular Structure of Bacterial Cells |
| Awards | Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Microbiology |
| Institutions | University of Kansas Medical Center |
Joe Lutkenhaus is a professor at the
American Academy of Microbiology.[1]
Lutkenhaus discovered, among other things, that the FtsZ protein forms a ring around the division plane in bacteria and is thus a key factor in bacterial cell division.[2]
Honors
- Member of the American Academy of Microbiology
- 2012 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
- 2014 Member of the National Academy of Sciences
References
- ^ "Horwitz Prize Awarded for Discovering the Structure of Bacteria(2012)". News Wise. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
- S2CID 4329947.
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