Laureate

Roger Y. Tsien

1952–2016 · United States · Male

Awards

  1. 1995

    Canada Gairdner International Award

    Biology

    For the design, synthesis and use of molecules to measure and manipulate intracellular signalling.

  2. 2004

    Wolf Prize — Medicine

    Biology

    for his seminal contribution to the design and biological application of novel fluorescent and photolabile molecules to analyze and perturb cell signal transduction.

  3. 2008

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry

    Chemistry

    for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP