Carol W. Greider | |
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 Greider in 2021 | |
| Born | Carolyn Widney Greider April 15, 1961 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Santa Barbara (BA) University of Göttingen University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Known for | Discovery of telomerase |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Richard Lounsbery Award (2003) Lasker Award (2006) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (2007) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Molecular biology |
| Institutions | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Johns Hopkins School of Medicine University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Thesis | Identification of a specific telomere terminal transferase activity in Tetrahymena extracts (1985) |
| Doctoral advisor | Elizabeth Blackburn |
| Other academic advisors | Beatrice M. Sweeney David J. Asai Leslie Wilson |
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.
Greider discovered the enzyme telomerase in 1984, while she was a graduate student of Elizabeth Blackburn at the University of California, Berkeley. Greider pioneered research on the structure of telomeres, the ends of the chromosomes. She was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Blackburn and Jack W. Szostak, for their discovery that telomeres are protected from progressive shortening by the enzyme telomerase.[2]
- ^ Stephens, Tim. "Eminent biologist Carol Greider to join UC Santa Cruz faculty". UC Santa Cruz News. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "Blackburn, Greider, and Szostak share Nobel". Dolan DNA Learning Center. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2009.