Sunday, November 2, 2008

Roger Tsien won 2008 Nobel prize in chemistry!

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008

Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien
"for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP"

Interestingly, the father of Roger Tsien (Chinese name 钱永健) is a cousin of Tsien Hsue-shen (钱学森). And many his family members are also famous scientists.

By reading his interview in JBC, Vol. 179 2007, I start thinking that maybe I can do some similar experiments to image small signal molecules (ep. Calcium) during JH action in particular JH target tissues and confirm JH action really through some membrane factors.