Roger Y. Tsien

Nobel Prize lecture

Constructing and Exploiting the Fluorescent Protein Paintbox

Roger Y. Tsien delivered his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2008, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University, where he was introduced by Professor Gunnar von Heijne, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

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Roger Y. Tsien delivered his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2008, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University, where he was introduced by Professor Gunnar von Heijne, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry.

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From Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 2008, Editor Karl Grandin, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 2009

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