The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008

Osamu Shimomura

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Prize share: 1/3

Martin Chalfie

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Prize share: 1/3

Roger Y. Tsien

© The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan

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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