In June 1982 Professors Sung La (Physics Department) and O. Shimomura published a paper: S.Y. La and O. Shimomura, Fluorescence polarization study of the CA+2- sensitive photoprotein, FEBS LETTERS, Volume 143, #1 (1982). Professor Shimomura was one the the three recipients of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Physics Timeline Nobel Prize in Physics Did You Know?