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==Early life and education== Lindquist was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Iver and Eleanor (née Maggio), and attended [[Maine South High School]] in [[Park Ridge, Illinois|Park Ridge]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/science/susan-lindquist-scientist-who-made-genetic-discoveries-using-yeast-dies-at-67.html|title=Susan Lindquist, Scientist Who Made Genetic Discoveries Using Yeast, Dies at 67|last=Grimes|first=William|date=October 28, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 30, 2016}}</ref> Lindquist's father and mother were of Swedish and Italian descent, respectively,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ascb.org/memoriam-susan-lindquist-67-pioneer-protein-folding-research/|title=In Memoriam: Susan Lindquist, 67, Pioneer in Protein Folding Research – ASCB|first=John|last=Fleischman|work=ASCB Post|date=October 28, 2016|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103220009/http://www.ascb.org/memoriam-susan-lindquist-67-pioneer-protein-folding-research/|archive-date=November 3, 2016}}</ref> and although they expected her to become a housewife,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Gitschier|first=Jane|title=A Flurry of Folding Problems: An Interview with Susan Lindquist|journal=PLOS Genetics|volume=7|issue=5|pages=e1002076|doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.1002076|pmid=21589898|pmc=3093363|year=2011 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Susan studied microbiology at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois]] as an undergraduate and received her PhD in biology from [[Harvard University]] in 1976.<ref name=phd>{{cite thesis|degree=PhD |first=Susan Lee Lindquist|last=McKenzie|title=Protein and RNA synthesis induced by heat treatment in Drosophila melanogaster tissue culture cells|publisher=Harvard University|date=1976|oclc=14767508}}</ref> She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the [[American Cancer Society]].<ref name=":5"/>
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