The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008
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Osamu Shimomura
Prize share: 1/3
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Martin Chalfie
Prize share: 1/3
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Roger Y. Tsien
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 was awarded jointly to Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP."
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