How Old Is Osamu Shimomura? Osamu Shimomura Birthday
Osamu Shimomura was born on August 27, 1928 and is 95 years old now.
Birthday: August 27, 1928
How Old - Age: 95
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Osamu Shimomura - Biography
Osamu Shimomura (下村 脩, Shimomura Osamu, born August 27, 1928) is 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.
