Elizabeth H. Blackburn

Awards

1. 1998

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For the discovery of the structure of telomeres and the enzyme that synthesizes them.

2. 2006

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For the prediction and discovery of telomerase, a remarkable RNA-containing enzyme that synthesizes the ends of chromosomes, protecting them and maintaining the integrity of the genome.

3. 2009

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase