Who was Osamu Shimomura?
Options
1)Marine biologist
2)astronaut
3)mathematician
4)none of the above
answer
1)Marine biologist
Other details
Osamu Shimomura was a Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist,
he was Professor Emeritus at Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and Boston University School of Medicine.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for the discovery and development of green fluorescent protein (GFP) with two American scientists: Martin Chalfie of Columbia University and Roger Tsien of the University of California-San Diego.
awards/ Recognitions
2004 – Pearse Prize, Royal Microscopical Society
2005 – Emile Chamot Award
2006 – Asahi Prize
2008 – Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2008 – Order of Culture
2008 – Person of Cultural Merit
2012 – Golden Goose Award
2013 – Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Options
1)Marine biologist
2)astronaut
3)mathematician
4)none of the above
answer
1)Marine biologist
Other details
Osamu Shimomura was a Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist,
he was Professor Emeritus at Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and Boston University School of Medicine.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for the discovery and development of green fluorescent protein (GFP) with two American scientists: Martin Chalfie of Columbia University and Roger Tsien of the University of California-San Diego.
awards/ Recognitions
2004 – Pearse Prize, Royal Microscopical Society
2005 – Emile Chamot Award
2006 – Asahi Prize
2008 – Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2008 – Order of Culture
2008 – Person of Cultural Merit
2012 – Golden Goose Award
2013 – Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences
