As a kid, I thought of myself as stupid because I needed remedial help. It was not until much later that I figured out that I was dyslexic and that my trouble with spelling and sounding out words did not mean I was stupid, but early impressions stuck with me and colored my world for a time. Carol W. Greider Read Quote
I think actively promoting women in science is very important because the data has certainly shown that there has been an underrepresentation. Carol W. Greider Read Quote
What intrigues basic scientists like me is that anytime we do a series of experiments, there are going to be three or four new questions that come up when you think you’ve answered one. Carol W. Greider Read Quote
One of the lessons I have learned in the different stages of my career is that science is not done alone. It is through talking with others and sharing that progress is made. Carol W. Greider Read Quote
I finished my Ph.D. at Berkeley in November 1987 and took a position as an independent fellow at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in January 1988. Carol W. Greider Read Quote
What I found out on Christmas Day 1984, through biochemical evidence, was that telomeres could be lengthened by the enzyme we called telomerase, which keeps the telomeres from wearing down. After I found that out, I went home and put on Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born in the USA,’ which was just out, and I danced and danced and danced. Carol W. Greider Read Quote
Federal funding for biomedical sciences plays a critical role in training the next generation of scientists. Carol W. Greider Read Quote
RNase H is a specific RNase that will cleave the RNA of a DNA/RNA duplex. Carol W. Greider Read Quote
I enjoyed biology in high school, and that brought me to a research lab at U.C. Santa Barbara. I loved doing experiments, and I had fun with them. I realized this kind of problem-solving fit my intellectual style. Carol W. Greider Read Quote
In 1978, Elizabeth Blackburn, working with Joe Gall, identified the DNA sequence of telomeres. Every time a cell divides, it gets shorter. But telomeres usually don’t. So there must be something happening to the telomeres to keep their length in equilibrium. Carol W. Greider Read Quote
