Elizabeth Blackburn

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:scientist
biologist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Melbourne
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin_Medal
gptkb:Gairdner_Foundation_International_Award
gptkb:Harvey_Prize
gptkb:Lasker_Award
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Australia_Prize
gptkb:Gruber_Prize_in_Genetics
gptkb:Keio_Medical_Science_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1948-11-26
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Elizabeth_Helen_Blackburn
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Hobart,_Tasmania,_Australia
gptkbp:children 1
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Australia
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Frederick_Sanger
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Carol_W._Greider
gptkb:Jan_Karlseder
gptkb:Kathleen_Collins
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Science_journal_(former)
gptkbp:field molecular biology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Elizabeth Blackburn
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Carol_W._Greider
gptkb:Jan_Karlseder
gptkb:Kathleen_Collins
gptkbp:knownFor discovery of telomerase
research on telomeres
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkb:Australian
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Carol_W._Greider
gptkb:Jack_W._Szostak
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 2009
discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase
gptkbp:notableWork research on telomerase
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:John_Sedat
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Salk_Institute_for_Biological_Studies
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:University_of_California,_San_Francisco
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gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:Gairdner_Foundation_International_Award
gptkb:Harvard_Medical_School
gptkb:Lasker_Award
gptkb:Pontifical_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Rockefeller_Foundation
gptkb:University_of_California
gptkb:University_of_California,_San_Diego
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Melbourne
gptkb:Deutsche_Akademie_der_Naturforscher_Leopoldina
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