Osamu Shimomura
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Osamu Shimomura receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008.
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Osamu Shimomura after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008.
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3 (of 9) The 2008 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation, 12 December 2008. Back row, left to right: Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Osamu Shimomura and Martin Chalfie, Nobel Laureate in Literature Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, Economics Laureate Paul Krugman and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Harald zur Hausen. Front row, left to right: Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Roger Y. Tsien, Nobel Laureates in Physics Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier.
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4 (of 9) Osamu Shimomura (right) with his wife Akemi (left) at the reception at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, 7 December 2008.
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Martin Chalfie, Osamu Shimomura and Roger Y. Tsien after delivering their Nobel Lectures at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2008.
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Osamu Shimomura delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2008.
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Osamu Shimomura delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2008.
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Osamu Shimomura (left), Martin Chalfie (middle) and Roger Y. Tsien (right) at their interview with Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2008.
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9 (of 9) Osamu Shimomura, like many Nobel Laureates before him, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2008.
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Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.