Telomerase and the Consequences of Telomere Dysfunction
Carol W. Greider, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Carol W. Greider, Ph.D., is a winner of the 2006 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research for her pioneering research on telomerase, an enzyme that maintains telomeres, the terminal segments of chromosomes that are essential for replication and stability. Dr. Greider is based at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she is the Daniel Nathans Professor and director of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics as well as a professor of oncology. She currently directs a research team focused on understanding telomeres and telomerase and their role in chromosome stability, cancer, and stem cell failure. Dr. Greider received her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of California, Berkeley, and began her career at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory before later joining the Johns Hopkins faculty. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Among her other honors are the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences, the Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Science, the Passano Foundation Award, the Lila Gruber Memorial Cancer Research Award, and the Richard Lounsbery Award.
Dr. Grieder's lecture will take place in Auditorium 7 at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 11.