BIOLOGIST

Carol W. Greider

1961 - Today

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Carolyn Widney Greider (born April 15, 1961) is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate. She is a Distinguished Professor of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Greider discovered the enzyme telomerase in 1984, while she was a graduate student of Elizabeth Blackburn at the University of California, Berkeley. Greider pioneered research on the structure of telomeres, the ends of the chromosomes. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carol W. Greider is the 327th most popular biologist (down from 258th in 2019), the 2,934th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,375th in 2019) and the 58th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Carol W. Greider ranks 327 out of 1,097. Before her are Erich von Tschermak, Willi Hennig, Andrew Fire, Erik Acharius, David Baltimore, and Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck. After her are Johann Reinhold Forster, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Hermann Burmeister, Charles M. Rice, Patrick Geddes, and Jérôme Lejeune.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Carol W. Greider ranks 81. Before her are Iain Glen, Erna Solberg, Dmitry Muratov, Kassim Majaliwa, Macky Sall, and Suniel Shetty. After her are Heather Locklear, Lea Thompson, Martin Gore, Alexandre Desplat, Borjana Krišto, and Toby Keith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carol W. Greider ranks 2,934 out of 20,380. Before her are Kevin Mitnick (1963), Frances Harper (1825), Mehmet Oz (1960), Nancy Allen (1950), Judy Chicago (1939), and Walter Tevis (1928). After her are Matt Cameron (1962), Johns Hopkins (1795), C. I. Lewis (1883), Richard Brooks (1912), Langston Hughes (1902), and George Reeves (1914).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Carol W. Greider ranks 58. Before her are Michael W. Young (1949), Wilbur Scoville (1865), Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Andrew Fire (1959), and David Baltimore (1938). After her are Charles M. Rice (1952), Brian Kobilka (1955), Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), David Julius (1955), Craig Mello (1960), and Craig Venter (1946).

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