Carol Greider

Biography

Carol Greider is a molecular biologist who co-discovered telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes telomeres at chromosome ends, while still a graduate student in Elizabeth Blackburn's laboratory in 1984. This groundbreaking discovery revealed a fundamental mechanism of cellular aging and cancer biology. She shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Blackburn and Jack Szostak. Her continued research on telomere biology has profound implications for understanding aging, cancer, and age-related diseases.

卡罗尔·格雷德是一位分子生物学家，1984年还在伊丽莎白·布莱克本实验室攻读研究生时，就共同发现了端粒酶——一种补充染色体末端端粒的酶。这一突破性发现揭示了细胞衰老和癌症生物学的基本机制。她与布莱克本和杰克·绍斯塔克共同获得2009年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。她在端粒生物学方面的持续研究对理解衰老、癌症和衰老相关疾病具有深远意义。

Key Achievements

• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2009)

  诺贝尔生理学或医学奖（2009年）

• Co-discovered telomerase as a graduate student (1984)

  研究生期间共同发现端粒酶（1984年）

• Revealed fundamental mechanisms of cellular aging

  揭示细胞衰老的基本机制

References & Citations

1. Wikipedia: Carol W. Greider — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_W._Greider
2. Nobel Prize: Carol W. Greider — https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2009/greider/