下村 脩 Shimomura Osamu | |
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Born | 27 August 1928 Kyoto, Japan |
Dee'd | 19 October 2018 (aged 90) |
Naitionality | Japan[1] |
Alma mater | Nagasaki Varsity Nagoya Varsity |
Awairds | Asahi Prize (2006) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2008) Gowden Guiss Awaird (2012) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Princeton Varsity Boston Varsity Schuil o Medicine Marine Biological Laboratory |
Osamu Shimomura (下村 脩 Shimomura Osamu, born August 27, 1928; died October 19, 2018) wis a Japanese[2][3] organic chemist an marine biologist, an Professor Emeritus at Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts an Boston Varsity Schuil o Medicine. He wis awairdit the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for the discovery an development o green fluorescent protein (GFP) wi twa American scientists: Martin Chalfie o Columbia Varsity an Roger Tsien o the Varsity o California-San Diego.[4]