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Suzanne Cory was born on 11 March, 1942 in Australia, is an Australian biologist (born 1942). Discover Suzanne Cory's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

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1942

Suzanne Cory (born 11 March 1942) is an Australian molecular biologist.

She has worked on the genetics of the immune system and cancer and has lobbied her country to invest in science.

She is married to fellow scientist Jerry Adams, also a WEHI scientist, whom she met while studying for her PhD at the University of Cambridge, England.

== Education and personal life ==

Suzanne Cory was raised in the Kew suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.

She attended Canterbury Girls' Secondary College, followed by University High School, Melbourne.

Her further education includes undergraduate studies at the University of Melbourne and earning a PhD from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge, England.

Cory attended the LMB at the same time as the Nobel Prize winners Francis Crick, known for his co-discovery of the structure of DNA, and Frederick Sanger, who revolutionised nucleic acid sequencing.

While obtaining her PhD, Cory used Sanger's RNA sequencing techniques to identify the sequence of transfer RNA.

Also, during her time at the LMB, Cory met her current husband, Jerry Adams, a scientist from the United States.

The two scientists later married and had two daughters.

Following her time at the LMB, Cory travelled to the University of Geneva for her post-doctoral studies.

While in Geneva, she focused on sequencing the RNA of R17 bacteriophage for the purpose of using it as a model.

1954

Since its formation in 1954, there has only been one other female president of the Australian Academy of Science, Professor Dorothy Hill, who filled in for Professor David Forbes Martyn after his death in 1970.

1971

In 1971, Cory and her husband began their research at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, located in Melbourne, Australia.

The two scientists helped introduce new scientific technology and methods they had been exposed to in Geneva and Cambridge, which helped expand and better the molecular biology research in Australia.

They initially chose to study the genetic component of immunity, discovering that antibody genes are a combination of pieces and can be arranged in a variety of ways.

This discovery helped explain the diversity of the immune system and its ability to fight a large array of harmful cell invaders.

After a decade of studying the immune system, Cory's lab switched their focus to cancer and the genetic components of various cancers.

Her lab discovered the genetic mutations that lead to Burkitt's lymphoma and Follicular lymphoma.

One of the main focuses of their cancer cell research is on cell proliferation and cell death.

In particular, the oncoprotein Myc and the Bcl-2 protein family are of interest to her current research lab.

Bcl-2 is an important family of intracellular proteins that helps regulate apoptosis, or cell suicide.

Bcl-2, paired with other regulators, prevents caspases from being activated.

The caspases, a type of protease, remain inactive until signaled through a cascade to degrade the proteins that make up a cell.

Cory's lab has developed Bcl2-blocking agents called BH3 mimetics, which, when paired with low-dose chemotherapy, have had positive results treating specific types of aggressive lymphomas.

Cory is the immediate past President of the Australian Academy of Science.

2009

Cory was the Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), from 1996 until 30 June 2009 and remains a faculty member, having rejoined the institute's Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division.

Her current research focuses on genetic changes in blood cancers and the effects of chemotherapeutic drugs on the cancer cells.

Cory's work has been published in research journals including Blood (journal), The EMBO Journal, Nature (journal), Cell Death & Differentiation, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

2010

She was the first-elected female President of the Academy and took office on 7 May 2010 for a four-year term, replacing the former president, Professor Kurt Lambeck.

2011

The Suzanne Cory High School opened in Cory's honour in 2011.

The public high school caters to 800 students from grades 9-12.

Qualified students gain entry to the school through a three-hour aptitude test, which is also used for placement into three other highly selective Australian high schools.

The school is in close proximity to Victoria University, which allows students access to the school's facilities and staff.