Biologist
Elizabeth Blackburn
Australian American biologist who shared the Nobel Prize for the discovery of telomerase, the enzyme that maintains chromosome ends. Born in Hobart, Tasmania.
Elizabeth Helen Blackburn is an Australian-American Nobel laureate who is the former president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. In 1984, Blackburn co-discovered telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the telomere, with Carol W. Greider. For this work, she was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, sharing it with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak, becoming the first Australian woman Nobel laureate.
- Born
- 1948-11-26, Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaA Friday
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Libra
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1948-11-26, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia · time unknown, noon chart
Australia/Hobartthe zone used then
Australia/HobartThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 3°43′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 2°38′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 24°24′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 0°03′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 29°22′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 2°14′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 5°48′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 29°32′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 14°27′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 16°32′ | Retrograde |
Elizabeth Blackburn is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Elizabeth Blackburn was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.