The jellyfish Aequorea has a Nobel-Prize winning secret - it produces Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP), which emits a shimmering light. It was discovered by marine biologist Osamu Shimomura after many years of hard work. Shimomura isolated GFP from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria in the 1960s and found that the protein glowed green when illuminated with ultraviolet light. GFP is widely used in molecular biological research. By using GFP as a genetic marker, researchers are able to study how cellular functions take place. Osamu Shimomura shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien for discovering and developing GFP. Learn more by clicking the link in our bio. 📷 Jim G via Flickr #NobelPrize #NobelPrizelaureate