Roger D. Kornberg, Copyright © Stanford News Service 2006, Photo: Linda A. Cicero

Roger D. Kornberg, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The names of the year's Nobel Laureates in Chemistry are announced during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. The announcement is webcast live here at Nobelprize.org!

2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP".

Announcement of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry See the official announcement of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.

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