Roger Tsien's First Day as a Nobel Laureate

Roger Tsien (Photo / Victor W. Chen)
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Tsien cuts a cake after the press conference. The green icing spells out “Congratulations.” It was chosen to reflect the fact that the professor received the Nobel Prize for his work on the Green Fluorescent Protein, better known as GFP, along with other fluorescent molecules.