A tribute to Associate Professor Susan Sayers (15 August 1943–22 March 2016)

A Tribute to Late Professor Mahlagha Ghorbanli

This edition of IJPP celebrates ten years of steady publication of Iranian Journal of Plant Physiology. The story of IJPP is that of a journey that started from a local forum where the researchers and scholars mainly from the Islamic Azad University could share findings of their studies, gradually developing into an international peer-reviewed jour...

A tribute to Professor Robert Schoysman (1928 – 2016)

We honour the life of Robert Schoysman a pioneer and visionary in reproductive medicine, internationally renowned gynaecological surgeon and one of the pioneers of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Belgium. From the early sixties he was interested in different options of male infertility treatment, including surgery and donor insemination. He was the pioneer of microsurgical epididymal sperm aspi...

Susan Lindquist: a tribute

When I learned that Susan Lindquist had passed away at the age of 67 from cancer, my heart broke. This fierce flame for science and for women had been extinguished, and for a moment the world became a little dimmer. I first met Susan Lindquist in 1994 when I was a postdoc interviewing for a faculty position at the University of Chicago. Wemet for breakfast at a local diner.We talked about our s...

Tribute to Professor Miguel F. Refojo, PhD, DSc (1928–2016)

a Departamento de Óptica y de Optometría y Ciencias de la Visión, Grupo de Investigación en Superficie Ocular, Córnea y Lentes de Contacto ‘‘Miguel F. Refojo’’, Universidad de Valencia, Spain b Departamento de Termodinámica Aplicada, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain c Universidad De Oviedo, Director del Instituto Universitario Ferná...

Membrane Science and Research: A Tribute to Professor Takeshi Matsuura