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2008.001.001

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Notes

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This paper contains notes from a seminar that was crucial to Martin Chalfie's research.

In the late 1980s, “Neurolunch” seminars were held every Tuesday at 12.00 pm at the Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University. On 25 April 1989, Paul Brehm held a presentation on bioluminescent organisms that was pivotal to Martin Chalfie’s research. Chalfie realised the possibility of using green fluorescent protein as a marker for gene expression in his research. His notes are scribbled on this paper, including names of scientists in the field. One of them is “Shimomura”. Osamu Shimomura, Roger Tsien and Martin Chalfie later shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Martin Chalfie donated the notes to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2008.

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Martin Chalfie