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Dr. Blackburn is a leader in the area of telomere and telomerase research. She discovered the molecular nature of telomeres-the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes that serve as protective caps essential for preserving the genetic information – and discovered the enzyme telomerase, which replenishes telomeres.

Blackburn is currently a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at University of California, San Francisco, where she is working with the goal of understanding telomerase and telomere biology. She is also a Non-Resident Fellow of the Salk Institute.

Throughout her career, Blackburn has been honored by her peers as the recipient of many prestigious awards, including The Albert Lasker Medical Research Award in Basic Medical Research in 2006. In 2007, she was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most influential People and she was the 2008 North American Laureate for L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science. In 2009, Dr. Blackburn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology.

SPEAKERS 2017
  • George Smoot

    Astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate

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    Michel Mayor

    Astrophysicist

  • Jill Tarter

    Astrophysicist

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    Robert Williams

    Astrophysicist

  • David Eicher

    Science writer

  • Charlie Duke

    Astronaut Apollo 16

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  • Alexei Leonov

    Cosmonaut Voskhod 2

  • Stephen Hawking

    Theoretical physicist

  • Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Astrophysicist

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  • Martin Rees

    Astrophysicist

  • Adam Riess

    Astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate

  • Edvard Moser

    Neuroscientist, Nobel Laureate

  • Robert Wilson

    Physicist, Nobel Laureate

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    Neuroscientist, Nobel Laureate

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  • Buzz Aldrin

    Astronaut Apollo 11

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    Physicist

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NEWS
  • From Starmus IV to Starmus V
    September 17, 2017
  • IMMEDIATE ANNOUNCEMENT
    June 17, 2017
  • IMMEDIATE ANNOUNCEMENT
    June 15, 2017
  • Brian Cox & Robin Ince to host Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage at Starmus
    Brian Cox & Robin Ince to host Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage at Starmus
    June 15, 2017
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    FULL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCMENT
    April 11, 2017
  • STARMUS IV NEW SPEAKER’S ANNOUNCMENT
    March 7, 2017
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