Martin Chalfie
Martin Chalfie
Martin Lee Chalfieis an American scientist. He is University Professor at Columbia University. He shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Osamu Shimomura and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP". He holds a Ph.D. in neurobiology from Harvard University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth15 January 1947
CountryUnited States of America
active biological gene genes prepare processes proteins until visualize
For a decade, I had been studying a transparent worm, the C. elegans. I immediately thought, if you could put the G.F.P. gene into C. elegans, you'd then be able to see biological processes in live animals. Until then, we had to kill them and prepare their tissues chemically to visualize proteins or active genes within cells.
Scientific inquiry starts with observation. The more one can see, the more one can investigate.
along goes happen people prize
I do think of this prize as the GFP prize, and I happen to fortunately be one of the people that goes along for the ride.