Osamu Shimomura
Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist (1928-2018) · Japan · Scientists · Died at 90
Osamu Shimomura is read about 147 times a day, in 63 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 1 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 67 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?Osamu Shimomura was a Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist, and professor emeritus at Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and Boston University School of Medicine.
A life in dates
Also in Deutsch
Photos 2
Awards
In their orbit
About this person
Osamu Shimomura was a Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist, and professor emeritus at Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and Boston University School of Medicine. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for the discovery and development of green fluorescent protein (GFP) with two American scientists: Martin Chalfie of Columbia University and Roger Tsien of the University of California-San Diego.
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.