Martin Chalfie's Birth Card: The Queen of Diamonds

In the record

Martin Lee Chalfie (born January 15, 1947) is an American scientist. The birth-card coordinate for January 15 is the Queen of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 2008 Chemistry prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 2008 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP

The Queen of Diamonds coordinate

Martin Chalfie's birthday maps to the Queen of Diamonds (The Prosperous Nurturer). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Martin Chalfie. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You protect what you have without making every dollar a referendum on safety.

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Martin Chalfie in the public record

He is University Professor at Columbia University. He shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Osamu Shimomura and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP". He holds a PhD in neurobiology from Harvard University. Chalfie grew up in Chicago, Illinois, son of the guitarist Eli Chalfie (1910–1996) and owner of an apparel store Vivian Chalfie (née Friedlen, 1913–2005). His maternal grandfather, Meyer L. Friedlen, immigrated to Chicago from Moscow at an early age; his paternal grandparents, Benjamin and Esther Chalfie, came to Cincinnati from Brest-Litovsk and are Jewish. He matriculated at Harvard University in 1965, intending to be a math major, but he switched to biochemistry because it combined his interests in chemistry, math, and biology.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Martin Chalfie (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 7 of Clubs

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Penetrating analysis and pattern recognition

Martin Lee Chalfie (born January 15, 1947) is an American scientist.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: scientist.

Also on the record

1. He spent the summer after his junior year working in the laboratory of Klaus Weber at Harvard, but "It was so disheartening to completely fail that I decided I shouldn't be in biology." As a result, in his senior year, he completed his major and took courses in law, theater, and Russian literature.
2. He also competed on the swim team at Harvard and was named captain in his senior year.
3. At the time, swimming coach Bill Brooks said, "Marty will make an excellent captain because he has the admiration of the entire team." As captain, he won the Harold S.
4. Ulen trophy, awarded "to a senior on the Harvard team who best demonstrates those qualities of leadership, sportsmanship, and team cooperation as exemplified by Harold S.

Other laureates with this card

• Allvar Gullstrand — 1911 Physiology or Medicine
• Artturi Virtanen — 1945 Chemistry
• Dennis Gabor — 1971 Physics
• Douglas D. Osheroff — 1996 Physics
• George de Hevesy — 1943 Chemistry
• Georges Charpak — 1992 Physics
• Harald zur Hausen — 2008 Physiology or Medicine
• Martin Luther King Jr. — 1964 Peace
• Nathan Söderblom — 1930 Peace
• Nicolaas Bloembergen — 1981 Physics
• Rabindranath Tagore — 1913 Literature
• Sidney Altman — 1989 Chemistry
• 2 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Martin Chalfie's birth card?

The Queen of Diamonds. January 15 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast prizes, character, or fate.

Where do Martin Chalfie's dates come from?

Birth date 1947-01-15 is the Nobel Prize API v2.1 day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Nobel dates and Nobel↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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