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This is terribly sad. That is too young for a fit, active man to die. Roger Tsien never let fame and honours go to his head. He was always completely approachable, friendly, and helpful. He and I didn't agree on one or two issues - and debate was always friendly and respectful. He didn't even hold it against me that I was from Oxford and he was from Cambridge!. We have lost a scientific giant - a gentle , friendly giant.
Guy
Guy Cox, Honorary Associate Professor
School of Medical Sciences
Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis,
Madsen, F09, University of Sydney, NSW 2006
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http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/46930/title/Nobel-Laureate-Roger-Tsien-DiesRoger Tsien <
http://www.tsienlab.ucsd.edu/>, a biochemist at the University of California, San Diego, (UCSD) whoearned a Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2008 <
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/26813/title/Green-team-wins-2008-Nobel/>for
his work on green fluorescent protein, died last week (August 24) in Oregon. He was 64.
According to the/Union-Tribune/
<
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/aug/31/roger-tsien-dies/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter>today
(August 31), Tsien died on a bike trial in Eugene, Oregon, but the precise cause of his death was not yet determined.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/aug/31/roger-tsien-diesRoger Tsien, the exuberant and resourceful UC San Diego researcher whoshared the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry <
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2008/oct/08/bn08nobel122329-Tsien/>for
helping to find a more effective way to peer inside cells and organisms,died on Aug. 24 <
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/nobel_laureate_roger_tsien_dies_age_64>.
He was 64.
Tsien appears to have passed away while on a bike trail in Eugene, Oregon, said UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla, who broke the news to the campus community on Wednesday. The precise cause of death has yet to be determined.
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