Martin Chalfie

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Martin Chalfie is an American biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the use of green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a marker in cell and molecular biology.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate
biologist
human
academicDiscipline biological sciences
awardReceived Gairdner Foundation International Award NERFINISHED
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize NERFINISHED
Nobel Prize in Chemistry NERFINISHED
citizenshipStatus American
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
doctoralAdvisor Robert Perlman NERFINISHED
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard University
Harvard University Department of Biology NERFINISHED
employer Columbia University
familyName Chalfie NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork cell biology
molecular biology
neurobiology
givenName Martin NERFINISHED
hasAcademicRank University Professor
hasResearchMethod fluorescence microscopy
genetic manipulation of C. elegans
hasRole principal investigator
inAcademicDatabase Google Scholar NERFINISHED
PubMed NERFINISHED
influencedBy Osamu Shimomura's discovery of GFP
knownFor GFP as a marker in living cells
green fluorescent protein NERFINISHED
languageSpoken English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
name Martin Chalfie NERFINISHED
NobelPrizeCategory Chemistry
NobelPrizeYear 2008
notableConcept GFP as a noninvasive reporter of gene expression
notableFor pioneering the use of green fluorescent protein as a biological marker
notableWork demonstration of GFP expression in living organisms
occupation biologist
university professor
positionHeld professor at Columbia University
researchInterest gene expression in neurons
mechanosensation
sensory neurons
sexOrGender male
sharesNobelPrizeWith Osamu Shimomura NERFINISHED
Roger Y. Tsien NERFINISHED
usesResearchOrganism Caenorhabditis elegans NERFINISHED
workplace Columbia University NERFINISHED

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Roger Y. Tsien sharedNobelPrizeWith Martin Chalfie