Background
Tjian was born in Hong Kong, China in 1949.
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Robert Qian
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biochemist university professor
Education
Tjian received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1971 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Harvard University in 1976.
Career
He is currently Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of California, Berkeley and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). On April 1, 2009, Tjian became the President of HHMI. On August 4, 2015, he announced that he would step down as President at the end of 2016. Tjian"s father Tjian Tze-Ning (錢子寧), a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, was a famous capitalist in Shanghai and pioneer of China"s modern paper industry.
In April 1949, Tjian"s family and business all moved to Hong Kong.
In 1950 moved to São Paulo, Brazil. And later settled in New Jersey, the United States.
He was a postdoctoral fellow at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory with James Doctorate. Watson for three years before returning to the University of California in 1979 when he was appointed Assistant Professor of Biochemistry. In 2008, Tjian joined the Board of Directors of the Lasker Foundation.
In 1978, Tjian found the first protein of a virus which can regulate gene expression in mammalian cells, the SV40 large T antigen.
He showed that "activator" proteins, which previously had been shown to play crucial roles in regulating gene expression in simple organisms, also exist in higher organisms. He and his colleagues further discovered several gene-regulatory proteins. Tjian is also notable in drug-target studies and their applications.
Tjian developed some highly efficient and sensitive techniques to detect cellular quantities such as proteins.
In 1989, Tjian, together with two colleagues, co-founded Tularik Incorporated., a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, California.
Achievements
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Elected to the American Philosophical Society Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry (1983) Cancer Research Award, Milken Family Medical Foundation (1988) Elected to the Academia Sinica, Taiwan (1990) National Academy of Sciences Monsanto Award for Molecular Biology (1991) Elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1991) California Scientist of the Year (1994) Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Science (1995) Monsanto Award Passano Award (1995) Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997) Alfred P. Sloan Junior. Prize, from General Motors Cancer Research Foundation (1999) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (Columbia University) (1999) Medical Relief International Award, from National Cancer Institute (2004) Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer (2010) Glenn T. Seaborg Medal (2010).
Membership
National Academy of Sciences. American Academy of Arts and Sciences]
Tjian is also a member of the United States of America Science and Engineering Festival"s Advisory Board.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Alfred P. Sloan; Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize; Arts and Sciences; Seaborg Medal; Rosenstiel Award; Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry; Grand Prix Charles
The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for Biology or Biochemistry is an annual prize awarded by Columbia University to a researcher or group of researchers who have made an outstanding contribution in basic research in the fields of biology or biochemistry.; The Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, formerly known as the Paul-Lewis Award in Enzyme Chemistry was established in 1945.The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for Biology or Biochemistry is an annual prize awarded by Columbia University to a researcher or group of researchers who have made an outstanding contribution in basic research in the fields of biology or biochemistry.; The Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, formerly known as the Paul-Lewis Award in Enzyme Chemistry was established in 1945.