Photo Gallery

Carol W. Greider receiving her Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Frida Westholm

 

Carol W. Greider after receiving her Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Frida Westholm

 

Close-up of the Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine (from left to right): Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Frida Westholm

 

The 2009 Nobel Laureates stand for the Swedish national anthem (from left to right): Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle, George E. Smith, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz, Ada E. Yonath, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, Jack W. Szostak, Herta Müller, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Frida Westholm

 

Carol W. Greider at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

From left to right: Prince Carl Philip, Crown Princess Victoria, Nobel Laureates Jack W. Szostak, Carol W. Greider and Elizabeth H. Blackburn, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Her Majesty Queen Silvia, and Princess Madeleine at the Nobel Banquet. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

The 2009 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation, 12 December 2009. Back row, left to right: Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Ada E. Yonath and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine Jack W. Szostak and Carol W. Greider, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Thomas A. Steitz, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Elizabeth H. Blackburn, and Nobel Laureate in Physics George E. Smith. Front row, left to right: Nobel Laureate in Physics Willard S. Boyle, Laureate in Economic Sciences Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Laureate in Literature Herta Müller and Laureate in Economic Sciences, Oliver E. Williamson. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

From left: Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Jack W. Szostak and Carol W. Greider after delivering their Nobel Lectures at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, 7 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Torbjörn Zadig

 

Carol W. Greider delivering her Nobel Lecture at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, 7 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009 Photo: Torbjörn Zadig

 

Carol W. Greider (right), with fellow Medicine Laureates Jack W. Szostak (left) and Elizabeth H. Blackburn (centre) during their interview with Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2009. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2009 Photo: Niclas Enberg

 

Like many Nobel Laureates before her, Carol W. Greider, as observed by her daughter Gwendolyn Comfort, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Museum 2009 Photo: Jonas Ekströmer

 

Carol W. Greider at the Johns Hopkins University press conference following the announcement of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 8 October, 2009. Copyright © Johns Hopkins Medicine 2009 Photo: Keith Weller

 

Carol W. Greider with colleague Peter Agre, the 2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, at the Johns Hopkins University press conference, 8 October, 2009. Copyright © Johns Hopkins Medicine 2009 Photo: Keith Weller

 

Carol W. Greider at the Johns Hopkins University press conference, 8 October, 2009. Copyright © Johns Hopkins Medicine 2009 Photo: Keith Weller

 

Carol W. Greider is greeted by her lab and children, Gwendolyn Comfort, 9, and Charles Comfort, 12. Copyright © Johns Hopkins Medicine 2009 Photo: Keith Weller

 

Carol W. Greider in her laboratory. Copyright © JHU Gazette 2009 Photo: Will Kirk

 

Carol W. Greider studies evidence of telomerase, an unusual enzyme that rebuilds the tips of chromosomes and ultimately determines the life span of cells. Photo: Johns Hopkins Medicine

 

Carol W. Greider in her laboratory. Photo: Johns Hopkins Medicine

 

Carol W. Greider wades through the habitat of Tetrahymena, the single-celled pond dweller with 40,000 telomeres. Photo: Johns Hopkins Medicine

 

Carol W. Greider (left) and Elizabeth H. Blackburn (right). The photo was taken at the Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in March 2009. Photo: Gerbil, licensed by Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0