Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1948, Nov. 26 | Born, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| 1970 | B.S., biochemistry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1971-1974 | Researcher, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England |
| 1972 | M.S., biochemistry, University of Melbourne |
| 1975 | Ph.D., molecular biology, University of Cambridge Married, John W. Sedat |
| 1975-1977 | Postdoctoral fellow in molecular and cellular biology, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1977-1978 | Assistant research biochemist, University of California, San Francisco, Calif. |
| 1978-1983 | Assistant professor, Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. |
| 1983-1986 | Associate professor, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1984 | Discovered with Carol W. Greider conclusive evidence that telomerase adds to the telomere in Tetrahymena |
| 1986-1990 | Professor, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1990-2015 | Professor, joint appontment in Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco |
| 1993-1999 | Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco |
| 1998 | President, American Society for Cell Biology |
| 2002-2004 | Member, President's Council on Bioethics |
| 2007 | Named by Time as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World |
| 2009 | Awarded jointly with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| 2015- | Professor emeritus, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco |
| 2016-2018 | President, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Calif. |
| 2017 | Published with Elissa Epel The Teleomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer. New York: Grand Central Publishing |