Osamu Shimomura passes away

Osamu Shimomura passes away

Question: Marine biologist Osamu Shimomura was awarded Noble prize for discovery and development of which of the following?
(a)Nature of chemical bond
(b)Green fluorescent protein
(c)Design and synthesis of molecular machine
(d)Directed evolution of enzyme
Answer: (b)
Related facts:

  • Japanese-born Marine biologist Osamu Shimomura, who won the Noble prize in Chemistry died on 19 Oct 2018. He was 90 years old.
  • Osamu Shimomura and two Americans shared the 2008 Noble prize for the discovery and development of a jellyfish protein that later contributed to cancer studies.




  • Shimomura was born in Kyoto in 1928 and studied in Nagasaki where he survived the August 9, 1945 U.S. Atomic bombing.
  • In 1960, he moved to Princeton University, where he isolated the protein known as Green fluorescent protein in samples of thousands of jellyfish taken from the U.S. west coast.




  • This protein lets off a glow when it is illuminated with ultra violet light and has become a key tool in studying biological process in cells.

Links:

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/nobel-chemistry-laureate-shimomura-passes-away-at-90/article25285780.ece?homepage=true

https://www.jic.ac.uk/microscopy/more/T5_9.htm