Shimomura Osamu

Years of life

1928 - 2018

Academic degree

PhD

Field of studies

Medical biotechnologies

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Leading scientist's research interests: Mechanisms of transformation of energy in luminescent organisms, evolution of bioluminescence

Quote by the head of the laboratory: Russian scientists in Krasnoyarsk are the only group today that is studying mechanisms of bioluminescence, various species of luciferins. Nobody else studies this, everybody only works on applied research

Awards and achievements:

2008 – Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and development of a jellyfish protein. The Prize was awarded in collaboration with Roger Tsien and Martin Chalfie (Sweden).

2008 – Order of Culture (Japan).

2006, 2008 – Asahi Prize (Japan).

2005 – Emile Chamot Award (USA).

2004 – Pearse Prize, Royal Microscopical Society for the discovery of GFP (United Kingdom).

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Hosting organization	Field of studies	City	Invited researcher	Time span of the project
Functional Quantum Materials Laboratory National University of Science and Technology MISIS - (NUST MISIS)	Physics	Moscow	Klingeler Rudiger	2021-2023
Laboratory of the Spin Physics of Two-Dimensional Materials Р.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the RAS - (LPI)	Physics	Moscow	Yakovlev Dmitriy Robertovich Russia	2021-2023
Laboratory for Microwave Photonics and Magnonics named after B. A. Kalinikos Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University «LETI» - (ETU LETI)	Physics	St. Petersburg	Kostylev Mikhail Pavlovich Australia, Russia	2021-2023