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Elizabeth Blackburn
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Elizabeth Blackburn

Australian-American biological researcher · born November 26, 1948

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Elizabeth Helen Blackburn 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.

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  1. ~58Received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research2006
  2. ~59Named Time 1002007
  3. ~59Received the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize2007
  4. ~60Received the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science2008
  5. ~61Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2009
  6. ~67Received the Royal Medal2015

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