Eminent Fellow

[ The University of Melbourne Voice Vol. 1, No. 4  30 April - 14 May 2007 ]

University of Melbourne alumna Dr Elizabeth Blackburn has been elected a Fellow of Janet Clarke Hall (JCH), the College’s highest honour.

Dr Blackburn, who attended JCH while studying for her BSc, is among the world’s leading scientists. Her recent honours include the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the Genetics Prize from the Peter Gruber Foundation.

Currently Morris Herzstein Professor of Biology and Physiology at the University of California at San Francisco, Dr Blackburn is internationally recognised for her telomere and telomerase research which has uncovered how the tips of damaged chromosomes are rebuilt, thus protecting human DNA.