The Fourth World Scientist Forum will feature nearly thirty top scientists for the first time. The WLF public account will introduce them one by one, and today's appearance is carol GREIDER, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Carol Glade was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "discovering how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and telomerases."
Carol Glade, a distinguished professor of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has identified key factors in aging. He was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "discovering how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and telomerase.".
Major Academic Achievements: In 1984, Dr. Grad collaborated with Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn to discover telomerase, an enzyme that maintains telomeres or the ends of chromosomes. The study had a major impact on the scientific community. Many scientists speculate that telomere shortening may be responsible for aging, not only in individual cells, but also in organisms as a whole. But the aging process has proven complicated, and it is currently thought that it depends on several different factors, and telomeres are one of them. Research in this area is still intense. Dr. Grad's research on telomeres adds a new dimension to our understanding of cells, elucidating disease mechanisms and stimulating the development of potential new therapies.