The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2008 jointly toOSAMU SHIMOMURAMarine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, MA, USA andBoston University Medical School, MA, USAMARTIN CHALFIEColumbia University, New York, NY, USAROGER Y. TSIENUniversity of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA, USA“for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP”GLOWING PROTEINS – A GUIDING STAR FOR BIOCHEMISTRYThe remarkable brightly glowing green fluorescent protein, GFP, was first observed in the beautiful jellyfish,