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Jack W. Szostak
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Jack William Szostak is a Canadian American biologist, a university professor at the University of Chicago and a former professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School. He was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol W. Greider, for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres.
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Shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Greider's own lead credits her direct 1984 co-discovery of telomerase to Blackburn alone (see the Blackburn-Greider edge above) and names Szostak only alongside her as a fellow laureate, so this edge is recorded as shared-prize-only, not a working collaboration between Greider and Szostak specifically.
Shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Blackburn's own lead credits only Greider as her direct co-discoverer of telomerase (edge 10 above) and names Szostak solely as a co-laureate, so this edge is recorded as shared-prize-only, distinct from the Blackburn-Greider working partnership.
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1. Jack W. Szostak (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead section (MediaWiki plaintext extract), third paragraphQuote, Lead section (MediaWiki plaintext extract), third paragraph
He was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol W. Greider, for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres.
1. Jack W. Szostak (Wikipedia)
Elizabeth Blackburn (Wikipedia)
WikipediaAssociated With: Elizabeth Blackburn, Lead section, Elizabeth BlackburnQuote, Associated With: Elizabeth Blackburn, Lead section, Elizabeth Blackburn
she was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, sharing it with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak
Carol W. Greider (Wikipedia)
WikipediaAssociated With: Carol W. Greider, Lead section, Carol W. Greider, second paragraphQuote, Associated With: Carol W. Greider, Lead section, Carol W. Greider, second paragraph
She was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Blackburn and Jack W. Szostak, for their discovery that telomeres are protected from progressive shortening by the enzyme telomerase.
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