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A Bright Idea: Green Fluorescent Proteins

On the one-year anniversary of his Nobel Prize, Columbia professor Martin Chalfie explains how he turned a tiny, glowing protein into a tool that revolutionized biology. Sponsored by GENEWIZ, Inc.

By Gizem Orbey

Published Thursday 8 October 2009 11:05am EST.

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On the one-year anniversary of his Nobel Prize, Columbia professor Martin Chalfie explains how he turned a tiny, glowing protein into a tool that revolutionized biology.

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