A Tribute to Professor Dulitha N Fernando – Teacher, Mentor and Colleague

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...

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

A tribute to professor Glyn Humphreys

On January 14th we were deeply saddened to hear about the sudden death of Professor Glyn Humphreys. With this departure, the field of cognitive neuropsychology lost not only one of its most prominent and productive researchers, but also one of the most influential and beloved scientific mentors. Glyn Humphreys was born on 28 December 1954 in Ormskirk, Lancashire. He obtained a Bachelor's degree...

A tribute to Professor Wolfgang Traugott Ulmer

in dinkelsbuehl, a small town in frankonia, a region on the northern borderline of Bavaria. in 1943, he finished up his secondary education in a humanistic lyceum. Shortly after receiving the baccalaureate certificate, he was drafted into the Wehrma-cht Army and sent to the east front during the World War ii. Wounded with a shot into the chest, he was moved back from the front and subjected to ...