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1 (of 9) Osamu Shimomura receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008
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2 (of 9) Osamu Shimomura after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 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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5 (of 9) Martin Chalfie, Osamu Shimomura and Roger Y. Tsien after delivering their Nobel Lectures at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2008. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2008
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6 (of 9) Osamu Shimomura delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2008. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2008
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7 (of 9) Osamu Shimomura delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2008. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2008
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8 (of 9) Osamu Shimomura (left), Martin Chalfie (middle) and Roger Y. Tsien (right) at their interview with Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2008. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 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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