![Osamu Shimomura: Japanese scientist who won a Nobel Prize for his work with glow-in-the-dark marine life | The Independent | The Independent Osamu Shimomura: Japanese scientist who won a Nobel Prize for his work with glow-in-the-dark marine life | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2018/10/24/17/osamu-shimomura-01.jpg)
Osamu Shimomura: Japanese scientist who won a Nobel Prize for his work with glow-in-the-dark marine life | The Independent | The Independent
![Chemistry Nobel winner Shimomura honored for discovery made at Princeton - 10/13/2008 - Princeton Weekly Bulletin Chemistry Nobel winner Shimomura honored for discovery made at Princeton - 10/13/2008 - Princeton Weekly Bulletin](https://pr.princeton.edu/pwb/volume98/issue06/nobel/shimomura.jpg)
Chemistry Nobel winner Shimomura honored for discovery made at Princeton - 10/13/2008 - Princeton Weekly Bulletin
![Osamu Shimomura, co-winner of 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry, dies in Nagasaki aged 90 | The Japan Times Osamu Shimomura, co-winner of 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry, dies in Nagasaki aged 90 | The Japan Times](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/n-shimomura-a-20181022-870x489.jpg)
Osamu Shimomura, co-winner of 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry, dies in Nagasaki aged 90 | The Japan Times
![Japanese Nobel Prize-winning marine biologist Osamu Shimomura dies aged 90 | South China Morning Post Japanese Nobel Prize-winning marine biologist Osamu Shimomura dies aged 90 | South China Morning Post](https://cdn1.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/images/methode/2018/10/22/f5f7d724-d5ce-11e8-a41d-3d2712b32637_972x_161107.jpg)
Japanese Nobel Prize-winning marine biologist Osamu Shimomura dies aged 90 | South China Morning Post
Nobel Prize - Read about how 2008 Chemistry Laureate Osamu Shimomura extracted, purified and crystallized luciferin. When he finally succeeded, he was so happy he couldn't sleep for three days: https://bit.ly/2DOtvAf
![The Nobel Prize on Twitter: ""I learned that any difficult problem can be solved by great effort." Remembering Osamu Shimomura, born #OTD in 1928, who dedicated his life to studying the bioluminescence The Nobel Prize on Twitter: ""I learned that any difficult problem can be solved by great effort." Remembering Osamu Shimomura, born #OTD in 1928, who dedicated his life to studying the bioluminescence](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgZwBzuXcAEZUFy.jpg:large)