Jellyfish (Crystal)

About the Jellyfish (Crystal)

Famous for producing green fluorescent protein (GFP), which earned its discoverers the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. GFP has revolutionized biomedical research, allowing scientists to tag and track proteins in living cells. They are nearly transparent, giving them their crystal appearance. They produce blue light through aequorin, which is then converted to green by GFP. Over 100 species in their genus. They are abundant off the west coast of North America. They are the most scientifically important jellyfish species due to GFP applications in medicine and research.