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Roger Y. Tsien

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Roger Tsien
Tsien in 2008
Born
Roger Yonchien Tsien (錢永健)

(1952-02-01)February 1, 1952
New York, New York, U.S.
DiedAugust 24, 2016(2016-08-24) (aged 64)
Eugene, Oregon, U.S.[1]
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater
Known for
SpouseWendy Globe[1]
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
Institutions
ThesisThe design and use of organic chemical tools in cellular physiology (1976)
Doctoral advisorRichard Adrian
Websitewww.tsienlab.ucsd.edu
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tsien.
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Roger Yonchien Tsien (simplified Chinese: 钱永健; traditional Chinese: 錢永健; pinyin: Qián Yǒngjiàn; February 1, 1952 – August 24, 2016) was a Chinese-American biochemist. He was a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego.[6] He was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein with organic chemist Osamu Shimomura and neurobiologist Martin Chalfie.[7][8][9]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Roger Y. Tsien, chemist shared Nobel for tool to research Alzheimer's, dies at 64". The Washington Post. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Tsien, Roger Y. (1998). "The Green Fluorescent Protein". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 67 (1). Annual Reviews: 509–544. doi:10.1146/annurev.biochem.67.1.509. PMID 9759496. Archived from the original on 2019-01-08. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  3. ↑ Anon (2006). "Professor Roger Tsien ForMemRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
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  4. ↑ "The Wolf Prize in Medicine in 2004 (detail)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  5. ↑ Anon (2016). "Roger Tsien EMBO Profile". people.embo.org. Heidelberg: European Molecular Biology Organization.
  6. ↑ "Roger Tsien at UCSD Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry". UCSD. 2008. Archived from the original (Official web page) on October 15, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2008.
  7. ↑ "2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Laureates" (Official web page). The Nobel Foundation. October 8, 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
  8. ↑ Tsien Nobel Prize lecture
  9. ↑ Tsien, Roger Y. (2010). "The 2009 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting: Roger Y. Tsien, Chemistry 2008". Journal of Visualized Experiments (35). doi:10.3791/1575. ISSN 1940-087X. PMC 3152217. PMID 20072108. open access publication – free to read


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