Roger Y. Tsien facts for kids

Roger Tsien
Roger Tsien
	Tsien in 2008
Born	Roger Yonchien Tsien (錢永健) ; February 1, 1952; New York, New York, U.S.
Died	August 24, 2016 (aged 64); Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
Nationality	American
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Harvard University; University of Cambridge;
Known for	Green fluorescent protein; Calcium imaging;
Spouse(s)	Wendy Globe
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2008); Golden Goose Award (2012); E. B. Wilson Medal (2008); Rosenstiel Award (2006); ForMemRS (2006); Wolf Prize in Medicine (2004); Keio Medical Science Prize (2004); EMBO Membership (2005); Dr A.H. Heineken Prize (2002); Artois-Baillet Latour Health Prize (1995); Gairdner Foundation International Award (1995);
	Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry
Institutions	University of California, San Diego; University of California, Berkeley;
Thesis	The design and use of organic chemical tools in cellular physiology (1976)
Doctoral advisor	Richard Adrian

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tsien.

Roger Yonchien Tsien (simplified Chinese: 钱永健; traditional Chinese: 錢永健; pinyin: Qián Yǒngjiàn; February 1, 1952 – August 24, 2016) was a Chinese-American biochemist. He was a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the 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 organic chemist Osamu Shimomura and neurobiologist Martin Chalfie.

Images for kids

Paul Krugman, Roger Tsien, Martin Chalfie, Osamu Shimomura, Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Masukawa, Nobel Prize Laureates 2008, at a press conference at the Swedish Academy of Science in Stockholm.
GFP Movie showing entire structure and zoom in to fluorescent chromophore. Movie created by Erik A. Rodriguez with UCSF Chimera from PDB: 1EMA in memory of Roger Y. Tsien for the Birch Aquarium.