From The Age: Early in her tertiary education Elizabeth Blackburn was asked by a family friend: ”What’s a nice girl like you doing studying science?”
Last night, the now Dr Blackburn had the last laugh when she became the first Australian woman to win a Nobel prize.
Melbourne-educated Dr Blackburn, 60, was awarded the Nobel prize in medicine along with long-time US collaborators Jack Szostak and Carol Greider.
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