Background
Tjian, Robert Tse Nan was born on September 22, 1949 in Hong Kong. Naturalized British citizen.
administrator medical biochemistry educator
Tjian, Robert Tse Nan was born on September 22, 1949 in Hong Kong. Naturalized British citizen.
Bachelor in Biochemistry, University California, Berkeley, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University, 1976.
Staff investigator molecular virology Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, 1976-1979. Assistant professor biochemistry University California, Berkeley, 1979—1982, professor biochemistry, since 1982, professor molecular & cell biology. Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, since 1987, president, since 2009.
Co-founder Tularik, Inc., California, 1991. Adjunct professor biochemistry & biophysics University California, San Francisco.
Member of National Academy of Sciences (Monsanto award for molecular biology 1991), Academia Sinica (Taiwan), American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts & Sciences.
M. 1976.