ores cent ▁protein ▁( G FP ). ▁Once ▁character ized ▁and ▁cl oned , ▁G FP ▁has ▁become ▁a ▁cru cial ▁mole c ule ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁rep orter ▁and ▁tag ging ▁tool ▁for ▁studying ▁gene ▁activation ▁and ▁development al ▁patterns . ▁Os am u ▁Sh im om ura , ▁Martin ▁Ch alf ie ▁and ▁Roger ▁Ts ien ▁received ▁the ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁in ▁Chem istry ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁for ▁their ▁work ▁on ▁this ▁remarkable ▁mole c ule . ▁ ▁Death ▁H ast ings ▁died ▁of ▁pul mon ary ▁fib ros is ▁on ▁August ▁ 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁at ▁Lex ington , ▁Massachusetts . ▁ ▁Publications ▁ ▁Publications ▁by ▁J . W . ▁H ast ings ▁ ▁Selected ▁publications : ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁H ast ings , ▁J . W . ▁and ▁Wood , ▁K . V . ▁( 2 0 0 1 ) ▁Luc ifer ases ▁did ▁not ▁all ▁evol ve ▁from ▁prec urs ors ▁having ▁similar ▁en zym atic ▁properties . ▁pp .   1 9 9 – 2 1 0 , ▁In , ▁Phot obi ology ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁( D . ▁Val en zen o ▁and ▁T . ▁Co oh ill , ▁ed s .) ▁Val den mar ▁Pub l . ▁Co ., ▁Over land ▁Park , ▁K S . ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁ ▁Wilson , ▁T . ▁and ▁H ast ings , ▁J . W . ▁( 1 9 7 0 ) ▁Chem ical ▁and ▁bi ological ▁aspects ▁of ▁sing let ▁excited ▁mole