Roger Y. Tsien - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 2008
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Roger Y. Tsien

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 2008
for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP
Citizenship
United StatesUnited States
Languages
English
date of birth
2/1/1952
place of birth
New York City
date of death
8/24/2016
place of death
Eugene
Lived
64 years
occupation
  • biophysicist
  • cell biologist
  • university teacher
  • biochemist
  • chemist
field of work
  • biochemistry
educated at
  • University of Cambridge
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • academic major: physiology
    • end time: 1977
  • Harvard College
    • academic degree: Bachelor of Science
    • academic major: chemistry
    • academic major: physics
    • end time: 1972
  • Livingston High School
  • Churchill College
employer
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of California, San Diego
member of
  • Royal Society of London
  • European Molecular Biology Organization
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
doctoral student
  • Roberto Malinow
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