Richard Tsien
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Richard Tsien is a prominent American neuroscientist and biophysicist renowned for his pioneering work on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity.
Aliases (1)
- Richard W. Tsien ×1
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biophysicist
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human → neuroscientist → university professor → |
| academicDegree |
PhD in biophysics
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| awardReceived |
Membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Membership in the National Academy of Sciences → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| doctoralThesisTopic |
biophysical mechanisms in excitable cells
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| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Oxford University → |
| employer |
New York University
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Stanford University → |
| ethnicGroup |
Chinese American
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| familyName |
Tsien
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| fieldOfWork |
biophysics
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cellular neurophysiology → molecular neuroscience → neuroscience → synaptic plasticity → synaptic transmission → |
| givenName |
Richard
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| hasAcademicAdvisor |
Denis Noble
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| hasSibling |
Roger Y. Tsien
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| languageSpoken |
English
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| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences → Society for Neuroscience → |
| name |
Richard W. Tsien
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| notableFor |
pioneering work on cellular mechanisms of synaptic transmission
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pioneering work on molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity → |
| notableStudent |
Thomas Südhof
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| notableWork |
studies of calcium channel function in neurons
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studies of synaptic modulation and plasticity → |
| occupation |
research scientist
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university teacher → |
| positionHeld |
Chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Physiology at NYU Langone Medical Center
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Chair of the Department of Physiology at Stanford University → Founding Director of the Stanford Neurosciences Institute → Professor of Neuroscience → Professor of Physiology → |
| researchFocus |
mechanisms of learning and memory at synapses
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regulation of synaptic strength → signal transduction in neurons → voltage-gated calcium channels → |
| siblingRelationship |
Older brother of Roger Y. Tsien
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| workInstitution |
NYU Langone Medical Center
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New York University → Stanford University → |
Referenced by (3)
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Karl Deisseroth
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Richard Tsien
("Richard W. Tsien")
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Gruber Prize in Neuroscience
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notableRecipient |