ChemPod Extra: Martin Chalfie: 2008
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Martin Chalfie has just been awarded a Nobel Prize for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, or GFP. In this exclusive interview for ChemPod, he tells us how he found out that he'd won the Prize, how he first came across the protein and what a fantastic tool it has become, with new applications still being invented today.
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