Elizabeth Blackburn

Elizabeth Blackburn
AC FRS FAA FRSN
Elizabeth Blackburn AC FRS FAA FRSN
	With AIC Gold Medal, 2012
Born	Elizabeth Helen Blackburn; 26 November 1948 (age 76); Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Citizenship	Australian and American
Alma mater	University of Melbourne (BSc); University of Cambridge (PhD);
Awards	NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1990); FRS (1992); Australia Prize (1998); Harvey Prize {1999}; Dickson Prize (2000); Heineken Prize (2004); Lasker Award; Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize; ASCB Public Service Award (2004); Meyenburg Prize (2006); L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science (2008); Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2009); AIC Gold Medal (2012);
	Scientific career
Fields	Molecular biology
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley; University of California, San Francisco; Yale University; Salk Institute;
Thesis	Sequence studies on bacteriophage ØX174 DNA by transcription (1974)
Doctoral advisor	Frederick Sanger
Doctoral students	include Carol W. Greider
Website	biochemistry2.ucsf.edu/labs/blackburn

Elizabeth Helen Blackburn is an Australian-American molecular biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2009.

Elizabeth Blackburn AC FRS FAA FRSN
With AIC Gold Medal, 2012
Born	Elizabeth Helen Blackburn (1948-11-26) 26 November 1948 (age 76) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Citizenship	Australian and American
Alma mater	University of Melbourne (BSc) University of Cambridge (PhD)
Awards	NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1990) FRS (1992) Australia Prize (1998) Harvey Prize {1999} Dickson Prize (2000) Heineken Prize (2004) Lasker Award Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize ASCB Public Service Award (2004) Meyenburg Prize (2006) L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science (2008) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2009) AIC Gold Medal (2012)
Scientific career
Fields	Molecular biology
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Francisco Yale University Salk Institute
Thesis	Sequence studies on bacteriophage ØX174 DNA by transcription (1974)
Doctoral advisor	Frederick Sanger^[1]
Doctoral students	include Carol W. Greider

Website	biochemistry2.ucsf.edu/labs/blackburn