Carl Felix Moppert, 1920–1984

M’mboyi, Felix

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Felix Lam

M’mboyi, Felix

Michael Felix Freshwater

Felix, as he was known to his friends and colleagues, was born in New York City on February 4, 1948. He graduated from Stuyvesant High and Brooklyn College. Here, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received his Bachelor of Science degree magna cum laude and the Jonas Scholarship with which he attended Yale School of Medicine. After leaving Yale, he spent almost three years as a fellow in the ...

Carl Woese

Not long after Carl Woese died, I received a message from Robin Gutell asking if I would contribute an article to this issue of RNA Biology. While my admiration for Carl's contributions to biology knows no bounds, I did not know him well personally. For that reason I advised Robin to strike my name off the list of contributors and replace it with that of someone who is better qualified than I a...