Chemist no. 189 of 350 · Biochemistry

Martin Chalfie

1947-United StatesNobel Chemistry 2008

GFP as a biological marker

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The discovery, explained

Martin Chalfie and the Glowing Worm: GFP Becomes a Gene Marker

How Martin Chalfie showed that GFP glows in living bacteria and roundworm neurons, turning it into a genetic marker. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 explained.

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Biography

Martin Chalfie: The Worm Biologist Who Made GFP a Tool

Life of Martin Chalfie, American neurobiologist at Columbia University who turned GFP into a genetic marker and shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Academic lineage

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