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| complete name: |
Roger Tsien |
| nobel prize: |
chemistry |
| award year: |
2008 |
| together with: |
Martin Chalfie |
| together with: |
Osamu Shimomura |
| prize share: |
Prize share: 1/3 |
| rational: |
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 was awarded jointly to Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP." |
| biography: |
Biography |
| laureate facts: |
Facts |
| laureate lecture: |
Lecture |
| given name: |
Roger |
| family name: |
Tsien |
| occupation: |
chemist |
| occupation: |
university teacher |
| occupation: |
biochemist |
| occupation: |
biophysicist |
| field of work: |
biochemistry |
| work location: |
University of California, Berkeley, 200 California Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States of America |
| description: |
Roger Tsien was an American biochemist. He was a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego and was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 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. |
| pronunciation: |
(Chinese: 錢永健) |
| image copyright: |
© The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan |
| image citation: |
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2008/summary/> |
| date birth: |
1952 |
| date death: |
2016 |
| usual name: |
Roger Tsien |
