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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 affiliated with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He was born on February 1, 1952, and died on August 24, 2016. His work is represented by the Tsien lab Website.

Tsien was recognized in several collections, including those of the Royal Society, the Nobel Laureates, the Nobel Chemistry, the National Inventors Hall Of Fame, and the American Academy Arts Sciences. He received one Nobel Prize.

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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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Roger
Family name
Qian
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
Eugene
Sibling
Richard Tsien
Occupation
chemist
Employer
University of California, San Diego
Languages spoken
English language
Doctoral advisor
Jeremy Sanders
Field of work
biochemistry
Official website
www.tsienlab.ucsd.edu
Image
Roger Tsien-press conference Dec 07th, 2008-2.jpg
Residence
San Diego
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Commons category
Roger Tsien
member of
European Molecular Biology Organization
date of birth
1952-02-01
date of death
2016-08-24
name in native language
Roger Tsien
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
relative
Qian Xuesen
ancestral home
Lin'an District
affiliation string
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
affiliation
University of California, San Diego
interested in
biochemistry
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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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