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Roger Y. Tsien
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Roger Y. Tsien

1952 – 2016 · aged 64

American biochemist (1952-2016)

Born
1 Feb 1952 · New York City
Died
24 Aug 2016 · Eugene

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 74 years
  1. 1 Feb 1952BornBorn in New York City
  2. 1991AwardW. Alden Spencer Award
  3. 1995AwardCanada Gairdner International Award
  4. 1995AwardInBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize
  5. 2002AwardACS Award for Creative Invention
  6. 2002AwardDr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics
  7. 2002AwardMax Delbrück Medal
  8. 2003AwardKeith R. Porter Lecture
  9. 2004AwardKeio Medical Science Prize
  10. 2004AwardPerl-UNC Prize
  11. 2004AwardWolf Prize in Medicine
  12. 2005AwardEMBO Membership
  13. 2005AwardRosenstiel Award
  14. 24 Aug 2016DiedDied in Eugene

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1952 – 2016).

  1. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  2. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  4. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  5. 1956Suez Crisis
  6. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  8. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  10. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  12. 1968Prague Spring
  13. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  14. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  15. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  16. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  18. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  19. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  20. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  21. 1985Schengen Agreement
  22. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  23. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  24. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  26. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  28. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  29. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  30. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  31. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  32. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  33. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  34. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  35. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  36. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  37. 20112011 Norway attacks
  38. 2011Libyan civil war
  39. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  40. 20122012 Summer Olympics

Biography

Roger Yonchien Tsien (Chinese: 錢永健; February 1, 1952 – August 24, 2016) was an American biochemist. He was a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for his discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, in collaboration with organic chemist Osamu Shimomura and neurobiologist Martin Chalfie. Tsien was also a pioneer of calcium imaging.

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