Earlier today, the Nobel committee announced that the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP." There's much to be said for how useful a tool GFP has been in cellular biology, but Alex Palazzo has already covered it at The Daily Transcript, so go check out his post for more.
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2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: GFP
Category: Nobel Prize • basic science • biochemistry
Posted on: October 8, 2008 2:12 PM, by Nick Anthis
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