Osamu Shimomura

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]

下村 脩 Shimomura Osamu
Born	27 August 1928(1928-08-27) 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