Roger Y. Tsien

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Roger Y. Tsien
錢永健
Born1 Februar 1952(1952-02-01)
New York Ceety, Unitit States
Dee'd24 August 2016 (aged 64)
Eugene, Oregon, Unitit States
ResidenceSan Diego
NaitionalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnitit States
Alma materHarvard Varsity
Varsity o Cambridge
Kent forGFP
Calcium imagin
AwairdsNobel Prize in Chemistry (2008)
E. B. Wilson Medal (2008)
Rosenstiel Awaird (2006)
Wolf Prize in Medicine (2004)
Keio Medical Science Prize (2004)
Dr A.H. Heineken Prize (2002)
Artois-Baillet Latour Heal Prize
(1995)
Gairdner Foondation
Internaitional Awaird
(1995)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsUC San Diego
UC Berkeley

Roger Yonchien Tsien (born Februar 1, 1952; died August 24, 2016) wis a Cheenese American biochemist. He is a professor at the Depairtment o Chemistry an Biochemistry, Varsity o Californie, San Diego.[1] He wis awairdit the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry "for his discovery an development o the green fluorescent protein (GFP) wi twa ither chemists: Martin Chalfie o Columbia Varsity an Osamu Shimomura o Boston Varsity an Marine Biological Laboratory.[2]

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  1. "Roger Tsien at UCSD Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry". UCSD. 2008. Archived frae the original (Official web page) on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
  2. "2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Laureates" (Official web page). The Nobel Foundation. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2008.