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photo of Osamu ShimomuraBU Prof Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

By Jessica Ullian October 9, 2008

It took more than 30 years for Osamu Shimomura to realize that his research on jellyfish would revolutionize the world of biology and another 14 for the Nobel Prize committee to recognize his contribution. Yesterday, after learning that his discovery of luminescent proteins in jellyfish had won this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry, he told reporters what he learned from the experience.
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