Elizabeth Blackburn was born on November 26, 1948 in Hobart, Australia. Australian researcher of biology from the University of California, San Francisco who has studied the telomere, a structure at the end of chromosomes that protects the chromosome. She was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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About
Australian researcher of biology from the University of California, San Francisco who has studied the telomere, a structure at the end of chromosomes that protects the chromosome. She was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Before Fame
She earned a Bachelor of Science in 1970 and a Master of Science in 1972 from the University of Melbourne.
Trivia
She served on the Science Advisory Board of the Genetics Policy Institute.
Family Life
She married John W. Sedat and they have a son, Benjamin.
Associated With
Like her, scientist Alex Andre Quintanilha worked at the University of California, Berkeley.
