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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Aequoreidae — variousjellyfish .
Etymologies
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Examples
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On my first visit to Dr. Johnson's office, he took out a small vial containing white powder, and said "This is the freeze-dried light organs of the luminous jellyfish Aequorea, and it should emit light when mixed with water."
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I would like to add a note on the jellyfish Aequorea at Friday Harbor.
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However, he enthusiastically explained to me that Aequorea were very abundant in Friday Harbor, Washington State, and that they were brilliantly luminous.
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GFP was originally isolated from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria, which glows green when exposed to blue light.
Boing Boing 2009
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Our research material, Aequorea, was really abundant.
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Between 1961 and 1988, we traveled to Friday Harbor and back to the East Coast 19 times (13 of which were road trips) and collected a total of about 850,000 Aequorea specimens to obtain aequorin for my research.
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My staff, my wife, my children, and some local students that we hired were of great assistance in the collection and processing of Aequorea.
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I describe our methods for collecting and extracting the luminescent material from Aequorea in my Nobel lecture.
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Off the west coast of North America, floats the jellyfish Aequorea victoria.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 - Illustrated Presentation 2008
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His successful work brought him to the US, where he collaborated with Professor Frank Johnson in the study of the green self-luminescence of the jellyfish Aequorea victoria, peacefully swimming in the waters of the Pacific Ocean outside Friday Harbor, Washington State.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 - Presentation Speech 2008
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