Roger Y. Tsien
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1952 –
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Who is Roger Y. Tsien?
Roger Yonchien Tsien is a Chinese American biochemist. He is a professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego. He was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry "for his discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein with two other chemists: Martin Chalfie of Columbia University and Osamu Shimomura of Boston University and Marine Biological Laboratory.
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- Born
- Feb 1, 1952
New York City - Also known as
- Qián Yǒngjiàn
- Roger Yonchien Tsien
- 錢永健
- 钱永健
- Ethnicity
- Chinese American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- University of Cambridge
- Harvard College
- Churchill College, Cambridge
- Employment
- University of California, Berkeley
- Professor of Pharmacology and Chemistry/Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego
- Lived in
- San Diego
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on July 23, 2013
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