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Roger Y. Tsien

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Roger Y. Tsien

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Also known as Roger Yonchien Tsien, Roger Tsien

American biochemist (1952-2016)

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Roger Y. Tsien was a United States-based scientist affiliated with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He was born on February 1, 1952, and died on August 24, 2016. Tsien held a Nobel Prize and was recognized in the Nobel Chemistry collection. He was also acknowledged in the collections of the Royal Society, the American Academy Arts Sciences, and the National Inventors Hall Of Fame.

His professional work is associated with the Tsien lab, which maintained an official website. Records indicate he had five works. His contributions were referenced by 553 other encyclopedia articles.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry2008

    for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP

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Official website

Tsien lab Website

tsienlab.ucsd.edu

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Websitewww.tsienlab.ucsd.edu

Roger Yonchien Tsien (Chinese: 錢永健; February 1, 1952 – August 24, 2016) was an American biochemist. He was a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for his discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, in collaboration with organic chemist Osamu Shimomura and neurobiologist Martin Chalfie. Tsien was also a pioneer of calcium imaging.

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