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Carolyn Widney Greider (born April 15, 1961) is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate. She joined the University of California, Santa Cruz as a Distinguished Professor in the department of molecular, cell, and developmental biology [1] in October 2020.
Carol W. Greider. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009. Born: 15 April 1961, San Diego, CA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Prize motivation: “for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase” Prize share: 1/3. Life.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 was awarded jointly to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase"
Carol Greider achieved success in molecular biology in the same way she overcame dyslexia as a child: with persistence and creativity. She discovered telomerase, an enzyme that is key to the ageing process and the growth of cancer cells, and has major implications for medical research.
May 2, 2024 · Carol W. Greider, American molecular biologist who was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Jack W. Szostak, for her research into telomeres and for her discovery of an enzyme called telomerase. Learn more about Greider’s life and work.
Oct 5, 2022 · Carol Greider. Distinguished Professor of MCD Biology. B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara (Biology) Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (Molecular Biology) Fellow, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. LAB HOMEPAGE. Telomeres are specialized structures at chromosome ends that protect the ends and distinguish them from broken DNA.
Carol Greider was a 25-year-old graduate student studying fragments of a single-celled, pond-dwelling organism when she established herself as one of the world’s pioneering researchers. Her interest was basic: How do chromosomes — the strands of DNA that contain genes — maintain themselves?
May 31, 2005 · When biochemist and molecular biologist Carol Greider was a first-year graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1984, she began to study a topic slightly off the beaten path.
University Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics. cgreider@jhmi.edu. 603 PCTB, 725 N. Wolfe Street. Baltimore, MD 21205-2185. Publications. Lab website. Telomeres protect chromosome ends from being recognized as DNA damage and chromosomal rearrangements.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 was awarded jointly to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase".
