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Elizabeth Helen Blackburn, AC FRS FAA FRSN (born 26 November 1948) is an Australian-American Nobel laureate who is the former president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. In 1984, Blackburn co-discovered telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the telomere, with Carol W. Greider.
Elizabeth Blackburn (born November 26, 1948, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia) is an Australian-born American molecular biologist and biochemist who was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with American molecular biologist Carol W. Greider and American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak, for her discoveries ...
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009. Born: 26 November 1948, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. Prize motivation: “for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase”. Prize share: 1/3.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 was awarded jointly to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase"
Elizabeth Blackburn has evolved from a self-described “lab rat” to an explorer in the realms of health and public policy. She discovered the molecular structure of telomeres and co-discovered the enzyme telomerase, essential pieces in the puzzle of cellular division and DNA replication.
May 4, 2023 · Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, an emerita professor at the University of California, San Francisco, who shared a Nobel Prize for the discovery of an enzyme involved in making telomeres and who was...
Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2009 for discovering the molecular nature of telomeres, the ends of chromosomes that serve as protective caps essential for preserving genetic information, and for co-discovering telomerase, an enzyme that maintains telomere ends.
Professor Elizabeth H. Blackburn, a Nobel Laureate, is currently Professor Emerita. Throughout her long career she has been a leader in telomere and telomerase research. She discovered the molecular nature of telomeres–the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes that serve as protective caps essential for preserving the genetic information–and co ...
Dr. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Morris Herztein Professor of Biology and Physiology in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, is a leader in the area of telomere and telomerase research.
Nobel-winning biologist Elizabeth Blackburn studies how humans age — and the hidden factors that might explain differences in how age affects different people. She speaks at TED2017, April 27, 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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