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1 (of 31) Elizabeth H. Blackburn 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
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2 (of 31) Elizabeth H. Blackburn after receiving her Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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3 (of 31) Close-up of the Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine (from left to right): Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak.

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4 (of 31) 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
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5 (of 31) Elizabeth H. Blackburn on the Stockholm Concert Hall stage after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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6 (of 31) Elizabeth H. Blackburn in conversation with Mr Per Westerberg, Speaker of the Swedish Parliament, at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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7 (of 31) Elizabeth H. Blackburn at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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8 (of 31) Elizabeth H. Blackburn delivers her banquet speech at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 2009. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2009
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9 (of 31) Elizabeth H. Blackburn delivering her banquet speech.

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10 (of 31) 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
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11 (of 31) 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
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12 (of 31) Elizabeth H. Blackburn delivering her Nobel Lecture at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, 7 December 2009.

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13 (of 31) 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.

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14 (of 31) 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 Prize Outreach 2009. Photo: Niclas Enberg

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15 (of 31) Elizabeth H. Blackburn, like many Nobel Laureates before her, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2009.

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16 (of 31) Torsten Wiesel and 2009 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Elizabeth H. Blackburn at the table of honour at the 2014 Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2014.

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17 (of 31) Elizabeth H. Blackburn, third from left, and 2006 Medicine Laureate Craig Mello, far left, discussed 'The Biology of Ageing' at the 2014 Nobel Week Dialogue, on 9 December 2014. Copyright © Nobel Prize Outreach 2014 Photo: Jonas Borg

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18 (of 31) Elizabeth H. Blackburn during the 2014 Nobel Week Dialogue, on 9 December 2014. Copyright © Nobel Prize Outreach 2014 Photo: Jonas Borg

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19 (of 31) 'What Can We Say About the Future?' Six Nobel Laureates discussed ageing during the 2014 Nobel Week Dialogue, on 9 December 2014. From left: Moderator Adam Smith, Medicine Laureates Eric Kandel and Elizabeth Blackburn, Laureate in Economic Sciences Eric Maskin, Medicine Laureate Craig Mello, Laureate in Economic Sciences Daniel McFadden and Chemistry Laureate Aaron Ciechanover. Copyright © Nobel Prize Outreach 2014 Photo: Niklas Elmehed

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20 (of 31) Elizabeth Blackburn and husband, John Sedat, received an early wake up call the morning she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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21 (of 31) Elizabeth Blackburn greets colleagues and the media at a reception held in Genentech Hall at UCSF Mission Bay to celebrate her award of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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22 (of 31) Elizabeth Blackburn answers calls on Monday morning from the media after being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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23 (of 31) Elizabeth Blackburn in her lab at the University of California, San Francisco.

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24 (of 31) Elizabeth Blackburn with a student in her lab at the University of California, San Francisco.

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25 (of 31) Damaged telomeres have prevented this yeast cell from dividing. Instead, it has continuously replicated its DNA in preparation for division, resulting in numerous copies of DNA, as seen in the multiple bright spots of stained DNA. (Normal cells would display a single bright spot if their DNA were stained.)

Copyright © University of California, San Francisco 2009 Photo: Blackburn Lab

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26 (of 31) This image dramatizes a pond microorganism cell with damaged telomeres trying, unsuccessfully, to divide. Telomeres are the last portion of chromosomes to divide. The lit up, elongated filaments shown in the cell are chromosomes that the cell is trying to pull apart. They cannot be separated because they are stuck together.

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27 (of 31) Professor Elizabeth Blackburn with a microscope in the Blackburn lab, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF.

Photo: Micheline Pelletier

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28 (of 31) Professor Elizabeth Blackburn (middle) in her lab with Beth Cimini (left) and Mike Pollard (right).

Photo: Micheline Pelletier

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29 (of 31) The Blackburn laboratory group in the lobby of Genentech Hall, Mission Bay Campus, UCSF.

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30 (of 31) Professor Elizabeth Blackburn and her husband Professor John Sedat on the beach at Fort Funston, California.

Photo: Micheline Pelletier

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31 (of 31) Carol W. Greider (left) and Elizabeth H. Blackburn (right). The photo was taken at the Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in March 2009.

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