Osamu Shimomura

Year of birth

1928-2018

Academic degree

PhD

Field of studies

Physics, chemistry and biology of bioluminescence

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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
Laboratory of Self-healing Construction Materials Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University	Mechanics and machinery	St. Petersburg	Kordas Georgios Greece	2021-2023
Research Laboratory for the Mechanics of Bio-compatible Materials and Devices Perm National Research Polytechnic University	Mechanics and machinery	Perm	Silberschmidt Vadim United Kingdom	2021-2023
Laboratory of Digitalisation, Analysis and Synthesis of Complex Mechanical Systems, Networks and Environments Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering of the Russian Academu of Sciences	Mechanics and machinery	St. Petersburg	Fridman Emilia Moiseevna Israel	2021-2023