Celebrating 95th Birthday of K. Alex Müller

Celebrating life at the end of life: the Birthday Brigade.

Do we ever really stop to think about what our birthday means? A birthday is a celebration created especially for us. It can be a once-a-year reflection on the true celebrations in our lives: our accomplishments, the hurdles we have conquered, and the tears we have cried. A birthday can be a chance to spend time with those who feel blessed because we were born; the people we choose to stand bes...

Celebrating with the ‘beetle’ man: Terry Erwin’s 75th birthday

Our much respected Editor-in-Chief turns 75 years on 1st December, and we would like to seize the opportunity to thank him for all the support and wish him many more years of success and fruitful collaboration with us. Terry Erwin was with ZooKeys from the very beginning. Words can barely describe how much has he contributed to strengthening and developing the journal, especially during its inf...

Festschrift on the occasion of the 95th birthday of Imrich Friedmann.

The coming of age of ICPC: celebrating the 21st birthday of the International Classification of Primary Care.

The International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) has, since its introduction in 1987, been quite successful. Now in its second revised version, it has been translated in 22 languages, accepted by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a member of the Family of International Classifications, and is being widely used both in routine daily practice and in research. In this contribution, it ...

Alex Kacelnik

Alejandro (Alex) Kacelnik grew up in Buenos Aires, where he studied Zoology and made his early research steps in comparative neurophysiology of amphibians, lizards and rats. In 1974 he took a British Council Scholarship in Oxford, where he completed a doctorate on decisionmaking in birds, a subject to which he has remained close ever since. He spent postdoctoral spells in Groningen, Oxford and ...