In memoriam Jean Meyer (1924-2022)

In Memoriam: Jean Lindenmann (1924-2015): A Circuitous Interfering Power in Neurology.

Sometimes, the intended consequences of scientific discovery are not the ones that ultimately have the greatest impact on humanity. This is certainly the case of the interferons, which were discovered jointly by Jean Lindenmann and Alick Isaacs in an attempt to elucidate the role of interferons in host innate immune responses against viral infections. Dr Lindenmann, a Swiss virologist who passe...

In memoriam. Mirko Drazen Grmek (1924-2000).

In Memoriam: Robert M. Chanock, MD, 1924–2010.

The world of biomedical science lost a revered leader on July 30, 2010, with the death of Robert M. Chanock (Figure 1), age 86, at Copper Ridge residential care center, Sykesville, Maryland, from complications related to Alzheimer’s disease. Bob Chanock’s impact on infectious diseases in the last half of the twentieth century was unparalleled. In a 1967 reference to Bob’s first decade at the Na...

In memoriam Professor Jean-Antoine Rioux (1925-2017)

René Houin, Nicole Léger, Jean Dupouy-Camet, Patrick Bastien, and Gérard Luffau 1 Académie Vétérinaire de France, 34 rue Bréguet, 75011 Paris, France 2 UFR de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51096 Reims, France 3 Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, Paris, France 4 Département de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU de Montpellier/Faculté de Médecine, UMR “MiVEGEC” (CNRS 5290/IRD 224 ...

In memoriam: Konjev Desender (1956–2008) and Jean-Pierre Maelfait (1951–2009)

It is about a year ago that Belgian biology lost, in quick sequence, two distinguished and internationally known representatives: Konjev Desender and Jean-Pierre Maelfait. Before contemplating this sad loss, allow me to mention some facts, even if they are well known in these circles. Konjev Desender was born in 1956, and graduated in 1978 from the University of Ghent. In 1987, he received his ...