Date of Birth
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01-February-1952
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Place of Birth
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New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Roger Yonchien Tsien, 錢永å¥, 钱永å¥, Qián YÇ’ngjià n
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Profession
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Biochemist, Educator, Professor
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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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