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Osamu Shimomura

Chemistry

Osamu Shimomura was a Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist, professor emeritus at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. He was awarded a share of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and development of green fluorescent protein, a tool that lets researchers watch biological processes inside living cells.

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