© The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan Osamu Shimomura Prize share: 1/3 © The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan Martin Chalfie Prize share: 1/3 © The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan Roger Y. Tsien Prize share: 1/3 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 was awarded jointly to Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP