Elizabeth Blackburn

Dr. Elizabeth H. Blackburn (born on November 26, 1948 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia) is a molecular biologist. Blackburn is renowned for her discovery of the genetic enzyme "Telomerase". Blackburn isolated and precisely described telomeres in 1978, thus enhancing the understanding of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) on the part of molecular biologists around the world. The subsequent discovery of telomerase in 1985 brought new insight into the comp... more

Date of birth:

  • Nov 26, 1948 (age 61 years)

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  • Elizabeth Helen Blackburn

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Year Award Award Winner Winning work Notes/Description
  • 2006
  • For the prediction and discovery of telomerase, a remarkable RNA-containing enzyme that synthesizes the ends of chromosomes, protecting them and maintaining the integrity of the genome.
  • 2009
  • for the discovery of "how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase"
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