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Carol W. Greider, all'anagrafe Carolyn Widney Greider, è una biologa statunitense, ricercatrice presso l'università Johns Hopkins. Specializzata in biologia molecolare, nel 2009 ha vinto il Premio Nobel per la medicina.
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 ha vinto il Premio Nobel per la Medicina 2009, assieme a Elizabeth Blackburn e Jack Szostak, per le sue ricerche sull’invecchiamento cellulare e in particolare su come i cromosomi vengano protetti dai telomeri, i nostri orologi biologici.
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 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.
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.
5 ott 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.
