OSAMU SHIMOMURA

2008 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP

• Born: 1928
• Place of birth: Kyoto, Japan
• Nationality: Japanese
• Residence: USA
• Affiliation: Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, MA, USA
  • Address:
    7 MBL Street
    Woods Hole, MA 02543
• Tel: +1 508-548-3705
• Fax: +1 508-289-7423
• E-mail: oshimomura@mbl.edu
• Education:
  • Nagasaki College of Pharmacy, Japan. PhD, BS 1951
  • Nagoya University, Japan. MS 1958 (Organic Chemistry)
  • Nagoya University, Japan. Ph.D. 1960 (Organic Chemistry)

• Bioluminescence: Chemical Principles And Methods by Osamu Shimomura
• Books on Bioluminescence
• Books on GFP

• Prize co-recipient:Martin Chalfie
• Prize co-recipient:Roger Y. Tsien
• GFP History
• Wikipedia Entry
• Official award announcement and background
• Information on research from the Nobel Foundation
• Advanced Information on research from the Nobel Foundation
• Further reading

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