Talk:Osamu Shimomura

Nationality
Oddly, despite his nationality being stated to be Japan in the references, it was "American" and "Japanese American". He even stated in an interview that he sees no need to change his nationality since it won't affect his research. --Revth (talk) 01:41, 9 October 2008 (UTC). That said, however, Mr Osamu Shimomura is a permanent resident of USA.

Like many Japanese born from families of service man stationed overseas, it appears Mr Osamu Shimomura was born in Manchuria, China but recorded his place of birth to be the same as his father. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.98.165 (talk) 18:35, 11 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Fixed. Yes. he is Japanese. Oda Mari (talk) 17:34, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Vision Loss
He didn't lose his vision for a few weeks. He was blinded for about 30 seconds after the bomb went off over Nagasaki.

Below are his exact words in his Nobel prize interview

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2008/shimomura-telephone.html

[AS]=Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. [OS]=Osamu Shimomura

[AS] I have read that, as a child, as a teenager, you temporarily lost your vision after the bomb fell on Nagasaki. [OS] No, I understand what you mean. When you encounter a very strong flash, you don't see anything for 30 seconds or so. That's not a real loss of vision. The temporary loss of sight. I was about 12 kilometres away from Nagasaki. Of course I had seen the flash of light, and the strong pressure wave, and also I had black rain. [AS] Yes. [OS] I was soaked by black rain. [AS] Yes. [OS] So, I was contaminated by the radioactivity, a lot of strong radioactivity. But fortunately still I'm alive. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.19.15.220 (talk) 05:02, 12 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Corrected. Thank you for the information. Oda Mari (talk) 05:49, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

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Green Fluorescent Protein
This page really needs a section on the discovery of GFP, as that is what he won the Nobel prize for. If I learn enough about it, maybe I can add it. Luaonthemoon (talk) 05:55, 23 September 2021 (UTC)