Michael Sheetz

Michael Patrick Sheetz (12 November 1946 – 30 January 2025)[1] was a cell biologist, a pioneer of mechanobiology and biomechanics, and a key contributor to the discovery of kinesin. He served as the Robert A. Welch Distinguished University Chair in Chemistry at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, the department of biochemistry and molecular biology. He was the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology at Columbia University, former distinguished professor and the founding director of the Mechanobiology Institute at the National University of Singapore, and former professor at Washington University in St. Louis and chairman at Duke University.

In 1968, Sheetz earned a bachelor's degree at Albion College, and in 1972 received his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology.

Sheetz who had been born in Hershey, Pennsylvania, died on 30 January 2025, at the age of 78, in Galveston, Texas.[2]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "In Memoriam: Michael Patrick Sheetz". ascb.org, March 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  2. ^ "In Memoriam: Mike Sheetz". rupress.org, 21 March 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Eleventh Annual Wiley Prize In Biomedical Sciences Awarded To Dr. Michael Sheetz, Dr. James Spudich, And Dr. Ronald Vale". Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  4. ^ Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research 2012 Winners bei der Lasker Foundation (laskerfoundation.org); retrieved 10 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Keith R. Porter Lecture Award". ASCB. Retrieved 7 January 2015.

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