I agree. I know Dr. Prashar and hope that the NPR story makes him get 
back to science.  He still has plenty of brilliant discoveries for science.

-Prabhakar

Christophe Leterrier wrote:
> Great news ! I also have a thought for Douglas Prasher, because he 
> cloned it and first had the idea of making fusion proteins, but went 
> out of business just after publishing the sequence because of a lack 
> of grants.
> http://www.conncoll.edu/ccacad/zimmer/GFP-ww/prasher.html
>
> Christophe
>
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 16:05, Periasamy, Ammasi (ap3t) 
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>     I agree with Guy Cox. They deserve this award even though it took
>     some time to recognize their contribution.
>
>     The investigation of biological system using imaging technology
>     tremendously improved because of their contribution.
>
>     Congratulations!!
>
>      
>
>     Ammasi
>
>      
>
>      
>
>      
>
>     *From:* Confocal Microscopy List
>     [mailto:[log in to unmask]
>     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] *On Behalf Of *Guy Cox
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, October 08, 2008 8:22 AM
>
>     *To:* [log in to unmask]
>     <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>     *Subject:* Nobel Prize for GFP
>
>      
>
>     This year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to Osamu
>     Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien for their work on
>     discovering GFP and making it a useful tool in cell biology.  I
>     would guess that many of us on this list know one or more of these
>     people personally, and all of us have carried out research which
>     they have made possible.  It is a tremendous honour, but one which
>     is well deserved, and I think that all of us in this community
>     would like to join in offering our congratulations.
>
>      
>
>                                                                                     
>     Guy
>
>     Ammasi Periasamy, Ph.D.
>
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>
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>
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>
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>     Workshop on FRET Microscopy, March 3-7, 2009
>
>     http://www.kcci.virginia.edu/workshop/workshop2009/index.php
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