Birthdate: August 27, 1928
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kyoto
Osamu Shimomura, a renowned Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist, was a professor emeritus at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and the Boston University School of Medicine. He received global acclaim for his role in the discovery and development of green fluorescent protein (GFP), which led to a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 along with Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien. Shimomura’s contributions greatly impacted the fields of molecular biology and biotechnology.
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