UCSD snags another Nobel Prize winner

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>As an alum of UCSD's Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry, I'm proud to report this:
2008</a> Nobel Prize in Chemistry Shared by UC San Diego Researcher Roger Tsien</p>

<p>The list of previous Nobel laureates is pretty impressive too - though it's probably good to mention that not all of the recipients were at UCSD when they conducted their prizewinning research or even received the prizes.</p>

<p>Just got back from a champagne reception for another winner of the 2008 Chemistry Nobel, Marty Chalfie. He was pretty much mobbed by the crowd so I ate a sandwich and headed out -- and ran smack into his back. So how many of YOU can say you bumped into a Nobel laureate today? :)</p>

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<p>I find it sad how UCSD counts three Economics professors as Nobel laureates, seeing as there is no Nobel prize in Economics, one didn't earn his prize at UCSD, and all three have retired.</p>

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<p>Hey! Awesome glowing protein tag thingies! It sure looks like they had fun with em from the collection of photos.</p>

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<p>No Nobel prize in economics???</p>

<p>Where is this "counting"?</p>

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<p>reading the entirety of the article may help.</p>

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<p>They're just trying to hate, Astrina.</p>

<p>Sounds like good news all around. Our rep goes up, and this guy gets a heck of a payday.</p>

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<p>Roger Tsein at glance</p>

<p>Education: *B.S., chemistry and physics, Harvard College
Ph.D., physiology, University of Cambridge, England *</p>

<p>Appointments: Professor of Pharmacology, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC San Diego
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (1989 -
present)</p>

<p>Memberships: National Academy of Sciences
Institute of Medicine
European Molecular Biology Organization</p>

<p>Awards: Wolf Prize in Medicine
Gairdner Foundation International Award
American Chemical Society Award for Creative Invention
Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Science
Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences
Keio Medical Science Prize, Keio University, Japan</p>

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<p>Universities have a notorious habit of trying to inflate their count of Nobel laureates by taking credit for everyone who was ever affiliated with their university in any capacity whatsoever. I don't see how deceit is win-win.</p>

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<p>Slorg: I don't think universities is "taking credit." Universities are not claiming that they helped their professors win the Nobel prize.</p>

<p>Are you retracting your previous statement that there is no Nobel prize in economics.</p>

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<p>No, I'm not retracting it. There IS no Nobel Prize in Economics.</p>

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<p>call me ignorant, but what's this?</p>

<p>Announcement</a> of the Prize in Economics</p>

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<p>Ouch.. (10 char)</p>

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<p>I don't know if I'm responding to a troll or not, but as astrina pointed out there is of course a Nobel Prize in economics. Perhaps the most notorious recipient is Dr. John Nash.</p>

<p>The biggest field for which there is no prize is mathematics, perhaps the poster confused the two.</p>

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<p>That's not the Nobel Prize in Economics. That's the PRIZE in Economics, as in 'The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.' Read the announcement. If you look at the titles at the top of the page, there are five Nobel prizes and one prize. The mere prize is for economics. :)</p>

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<p>I'm not too proud to eat my hat, but for the record I call shenanigans.</p>

<p>--Joe</p>

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<p>that is so awesome. im glad i go to this school.</p>

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<p>me too! i think its awesome</p>

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<p>why would it matter that nobel laureates are at your school? PEOPLE should matter, not their TITLES.</p>

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<p>do you not know how amazing it is for someone to win the nobel prize?</p>

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<p>yea, people are important..but in this world, people wit titles are even more important..this is going to make ucsd shoot up in rank i think haha</p>