Background
Tsien, Richard Winyu was born on March 3, 1945 in Tating, Kweichow, People's Republic China. Son of Hsue-Chu and Yi-Ying (Li) Tsien.
biologist engineer neuroscientist
Tsien, Richard Winyu was born on March 3, 1945 in Tating, Kweichow, People's Republic China. Son of Hsue-Chu and Yi-Ying (Li) Tsien.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, England, 1970.
He is the Druckenmiller Professor of Neuroscience, Chair of the Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, and Director of the New York University Neuroscience Institute at New York University Medical Center, and also an emeritus faculty of Stanford University School of Medicine. Early life and education Soon after his birth, "s family moved to the United States. received Bachelor of Science in 1965 and Mississippi in 1966 both in electrical engineering and both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 1968 to 1970, was a Weir Junior Research Fellow at University College, Oxford.
From 1969 to 1970, was a teaching fellow at Balliol College, Oxford.
In 1970, went back to the United States, and became an assistant professor in the Department of Physiology at Yale University School of Medicine from 1970 to 1974. From 1974 to 1979, was an associate professor in the same department, and was promoted to full professor in 1979.
In 1988, went to Stanford and founded the Stanford University Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, where he also served as the first chairman. From 1991 to 2001, was the Director Silvio Conte - National Institutes of Mental Health Center for Neuroscience Research.
From 1988 to 2011, was the George Doctorate. Smith Professor at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
From 2000-2011, served as Company-Director for the Stanford Brain Research Center. did important work on calcium channels, their mechanisms and roles in cell signaling pathways. "s research also helps us understand the long-term plasticity of synapses. From 1987 to 1988, was the President of the Society of General Physiologists.
In August 2000, also served the Section Chair of Neurobiology of the United States National Academy of Sciences.
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Member Society General Physiologists (president 1988), Biophysics Society (Kenneth S. Cole award 1985), Society for Neurosci.
Married Julia Shiang August 29, 1971. Children: Sara Shiang-Ming, Gregory Shiang-An, Alexa Tsien-Shiang.