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Suzanne Cory
Australian biologist (born 1942)
This article is about the Australian biologist.
For the school named after her, see Suzanne Cory High School.
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.
Channel: We These achievements have had broad and enduring impact in developmental biology, medical genetics and reproductive biology.
She is married to fellow scientist Jerry Adams, also a WEHI scientist.
Early life and education
Suzanne Cory was raised in the Kew suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. She was educated at Canterbury Girls' Secondary College and University High School, Melbourne.
Cory studied at the University of Melbourne where she graduated with a BSc degree in 1964 and an MSc degree in 1965, both in Biochemistry.[1] In 1966, she then went to the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge, England and obtained a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Cambridge in 1968.[2][3]
Career and research
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