Roger Tsien

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Gairdner_Foundation_International_Award
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Chemistry
gptkbp:birthDate 1952-02-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:boardMemberOf gptkb:Proceedings_of_the_National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Journal_of_Cell_Biology
gptkbp:causeOfDeath heart attack
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2016-08-24
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Eugene,_Oregon
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Richard_Adrian
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Alice_Ting
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_California,_San_Diego
gptkbp:ethnicity Chinese American
gptkbp:field biochemistry
chemistry
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Roger_Yonchien_Tsien
gptkbp:hIndex over 100
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Roger Tsien
gptkbp:influenced cell biology
neuroscience
molecular imaging
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:green_fluorescent_protein
fluorescent dyes
gptkbp:language gptkb:Chinese
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Martin_Chalfie
gptkb:Osamu_Shimomura
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 2008
gptkbp:notableWork development of fluorescent proteins for biological imaging
gptkbp:occupation chemist
gptkbp:patent fluorescent calcium indicators
fluorescent protein variants
gptkbp:relative gptkb:Hsue-Chu_Tsien
gptkbp:residence gptkb:La_Jolla,_California
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Richard_Tsien
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Wendy_Globe
gptkbp:thesisTitle The design and use of organic chemical tools in cellular physiology
gptkbp:thesisYear 1977
gptkbp:website https://www.tsienlab.ucsd.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lasker_Award
gptkb:University_of_California
gptkb:University_of_California,_San_Diego
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4