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Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Helen Blackburn, FRS (English: Elizabeth Helen Blackburn, November 26, 1948 -), is a molecular biologist. She was born in Australia and now lives in the United States. She has Australian and American citizenship. She is currently a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a pioneer in the field of telomere and telomerase research and was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Greder and Szostak for her contributions in this field.
- Category
- Scientists
- Nationality
- Australia
- Born
- 1948-11-26
- Wikidata
- Q26321