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Also Known As Elizabeth Helen Blackburn
Born November 26, 1948 (age 77) • Hobart • Australia
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2009)
Subjects Of Study DNA • Tetrahymena • aging • telomerase • telomere

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Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider
American molecular biologist
English-born American biochemist and geneticist Jack W. Szostak.
Jack W. Szostak
English-born American biochemist and geneticist
James Watson, c. 1990
James Watson
American geneticist and biophysicist
Phillip A. Sharp, 1993.
Phillip A. Sharp
American physiologist
Schekman, Randy W.
Randy W. Schekman
American biochemist and cell biologist
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Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
Rothman, James E.
James E. Rothman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Selman Abraham Waksman, 1968.
Selman Abraham Waksman
American biochemist
Arthur Kornberg.
Arthur Kornberg
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Severo Ochoa, 1959.
Severo Ochoa
Spanish-American biochemist
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A.D. Hershey
American biologist
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Daniel Nathans
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Har Gobind Khorana
American biochemist
Smithies, Oliver
Oliver Smithies
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Stanley Cohen
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Tonegawa Susumu
Japanese biologist
Sydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner
South African-born biologist
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Werner Arber
Swiss microbiologist
Roberts, Richard J.
Richard J. Roberts
British molecular biologist
Kossel, Albrecht
Albrecht Kossel
German biochemist

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