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Paul Krugman, Roger Tsien, Martin Chalfie, Osamu Shimomura, Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Masukawa, Nobel Prize Laureates 2008, at a press conference at the Swedish Academy of Science in Stockholm. Born in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto in 1928, Shimomura was brought up in Manchukuo ( Manchuria , China) and Osaka, Japan while his father served as an ...
Nobel Prize: The 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, and Roger Y. Tsien for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein (GFP).(Nobel Foundation) Yeti Airlines Flight 103 crashes in the Everest region of Nepal killing 18 passengers. (AFP via Google News) Subprime mortgage crisis:
Osamu Shimomura: Chemistry 2008 Boston University School of Medicine: Marine Biological Laboratory: Hideki Shirakawa: Chemistry 2000 University of Tsukuba: William Shockley: Physics 1956 Beckman Instruments: Clifford Shull: Physics 1994 Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Kai Siegbahn: Physics 1981 Uppsala University: Manne Siegbahn: Physics ...
Martin Lee Chalfie (born January 15, 1947) is an American scientist. He is University Professor at Columbia University. [3] He shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Osamu Shimomura and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP". [4]
Roger Yonchien Tsien (Chinese: 錢永健; pronounced / tʃ ɛ n /, "CHEN"; February 1, 1952 – August 24, 2016) was an American biochemist.He was a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego, [7] and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for his discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, in collaboration with organic chemist ...
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The Japanese Nobel Prize Laureate (2010) Akira Suzuki and Ei-ichi Negishi. Since 1949, there have been 30 Japanese laureates of the Nobel Prize. The Nobel Prize is a Sweden-based international monetary prize. The award was established by the 1895 will and estate of Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel.
In the 1960s and 1970s, green fluorescent proteins (GFP), along with the separate luminescent protein aequorin (an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of luciferin, releasing light), was first purified from Aequorea victoria and its properties studied by Osamu Shimomura. [11] He was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the discovery ...