“for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP”
Osamu Shimomura was a Japanese-born chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP. He conducted research at the Marine Biological Laboratory in the United States. GFP became a widely used tool for visualizing biological processes.
- Field
- Chemistry · Biochemistry
- Lifespan
- 1928–2018