A Tribute to Our Guru, Mentor, Friend and Economic Commentator Par Excellence: Professor Mohammad Sadli

To our mentor and friend, professor Solé-Balcells.

Glossing the career of Dr. Francesc-Xavier Solé-Balcells is not easy, but I will try to do it from the point of view of the quality that he has always shown in any of his contributions in over 60 years of practice of urology. He started in urology as a resident of Professor Antonio Puigvert in Spain which was very different from Spain now. He quickly became known for his scientific rigor, his c...

A Tribute to Our Friend

The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) central office staff is made up of highly competent individuals who work together for the benefit of our profession. Sometimes it seems as though people take positions with ADHA and stay only long enough to gain experience and build a reputation before moving on to better paying positions somewhere else. This can't be prevented and is an expect...

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...

Membrane Science and Research: A Tribute to Professor Takeshi Matsuura

Herman Jan Phaff: professor, mentor, friend and colleague.

Herman Jan Phaff, the father of yeast ecology, was born in the Netherlands in 1913. In his early years, he spent much time in his family's winery, which sparked his interest in microbes. Trained in the famous Delft tradition, Phaff discovered many unrecognized ecological niches of yeast, such as shellfish, rabbit stomach, frass of bark beetles, tree exudates, cactus roots, Capri figs, sewage, D...