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Japanese-born Marine biologist Osamu Shimomura passes away

Japanese-born Marine biologist Osamu Shimomura (90), who won the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has passed away in Nagasaki, Japan on 19th October 2018. Shimomura and two American scientists shared the 2008 Nobel prize for the discovery and development of a jellyfish protein (or Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)) that later contributed to cancer studies. He ..

Topics: Bioluminescence • Chemistry • Fluorescence • Green fluorescent protein • Jellyfish • Molecular biology • Natural sciences • Osamu Shimomura • Physical sciences • Protein methods • Roger Y. Tsien • Shimomura