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Roger Yonchien Tsien (English: Roger Yonchien Tsien, February 1, 1952 - August 24, 2016), a Chinese-American biochemist, an academician of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry at the University of California, San Diego. He won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery and research of green fluorescent protein. Yongjian Qian is also one of the pioneers in the field of calcium imaging.

Category
Scientists
Nationality
United States
Born
1952-02-01
Died
2016-08-24
Wikidata
Q200470
Occupations biochemistbiophysicistuniversity teacherchemistcell biologist
Aliases Roger TsienRoger Y. TsienRoger Yonchien TsienQian Yongjian

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