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Osamu Shimomura
Osamu Shimomura is a Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist, and Professor Emeritus at the Woods Hole, Massachusetts Marine Biological Laboratory and the Boston University School of Medicine. He received the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and development of blue fluorescent proteins with two American scientists: Martin Chalfie of Columbia University and Roger Tsien of the University of California-San Diego.
BornAugust 27, 1928, Fukuchiyama, Japan
DiedOctober 19, 2018, Nagasaki, Japan
NationalityJapan
InstitutionsPrinceton University, Boston University School of Medicine, Marine Biological Laboratory
Alma materNagasaki University, Nagoya University
Notable awardsAsahi Prize (2006), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2008), Golden Goose Award (2012)

About Osamu Shimomura

Chemist Osamu Shimomura was born in Japan on August 27, 1928. He dies at the age of 90, on October 19, 2018.

Nobel Laureate in organic chemistry and marine biology, and recipient of Japan's prestigious Order of Culture in 2008.

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Osamu Shimomura before becoming famous

Osamu Shimomura was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1928 is also the year of Dragon (龍) in the Chinese Zodiac.

When the United States detonated the atomic bomb on Nagasaki in August 1945, he and his family were residing there.

Achievement of Osamu Shimomura

In 2008, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering and developing green fluorescent protein.

Osamu Shimomura's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

With his wife and research partner, Akemi, whom he married in 1960, he had two children.

Osamu Shimomura Collabed with

He and his American colleague Chemist Martin Chalfie split the Nobel Prize.

Osamu Shimomura Income & Net worth

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Osamu Shimomura Height and Weight

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Latest information about Osamu Shimomura updated on March 14 2023.