Elizabeth H. Blackburn
Academician, International Academy of Innovation Sciences
Distinguished Professor Emerita，Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Election motivation
For contribution to the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
Field of research
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Born
26 November 1948, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Main Honors
Gairdner Foundation International Award (1998)
Member of the American Society for Cell Biology (1999)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2003)
Richard Lounsbery Award (2003)
Dickson Prize (2006)
Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences (2006)(shared with Elizabeth Blackburn)
Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (2006)(shared with Elizabeth Blackburn and Jack Szostak)
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (2007)(shared with Elizabeth Blackburn and Joseph G. Gall)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2009) (shared with Elizabeth Blackburn and Jack Szostak)
Academician, International Academy of Innovation Sciences