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Osamu Shimomura

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Osamu Shimomura (b. 1928 in Kyoto) is a Japanese scientist.[1] He holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Nagoya University and is Professor Emeritus at Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and Boston University Medical School.[2] He shares the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP".[3] He is known for his work with aequorea victoria.

References

  1. ^ "Osamu Shimomura". NNDB. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  2. ^ The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008
  3. ^ The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008
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